Skirmish at Joncherey

Skirmish at Joncherey
Part of the outbreak of World War I
Photograph of Joncherey at the end of the 19th century
Date 9:59 a.m. 2 August 1914 Location Joncherey, France 47°31′47″N 07°00′07″E / 47.52972°N 7.00194°E / 47.52972; 7.00194 Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Jules-André Peugeot †	Albert Mayer †
Strength
5 men	7 men
Casualties and losses
Jules-André Peugeot killed 1 injured	Albert Mayer killed 3 injured (1 captured) 1 missing 2 escaped
Joncherey class=notpageimage| Joncherey, a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department of Franche-Comté, north-east France

The Skirmish at Joncherey (French pronunciation: [ʒɔ̃ʃʁɛ]) was a clash in the Territoire de Belfort, on the border between France and Germany, and was the first military action of the Western Front of World War I. It occurred in the village of Joncherey near the French–German border in Alsace-Lorraine. The skirmish took place a day before the German declaration of war against France on 3 August 1914.