Jules-Andre Peugeot

Jules-Andre Peugeot is a corporal of the French Army, born with Étupes the June 11th 1893 and died with Joncherey in the Territoire of Belfort the August 2nd 1914. It is the French military first dead of the First World War.

Biography

Resulting from a modest milieu, born in Étupes, in the Doubs, it was intended for the career of teacher after his military service.

Since the June 28th, following the assassination of the archduke François-Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary and his wife Sophie Chotek, duchess of Hohenberg, to Sarajevo, the play of alliances led Europe at the edge of the war.

, Germany mobilizes, France retorts while calling with the mobilization for the August 2nd. At the summer 1914, Jules-Andre Peugeot carries out his military service and is corporal (since April). He prepares the contest of the reserve officers. Its regiment belonging to the covering troops, it has the role of supervising the Franco-German border, in the event of tension between the two countries.

Ordering a section of the 6th company of the 2nd battalion of 44e regiment of infantry of Lons-the-Salt maker, it makes stopping the August 2nd 1914 with a German detachment of recognition of eight men of the 5th Hunters with Horse of Mulhouse, which progresses towards Joncherey while coming from Faverois after having violated the French border. Alsatian of origin, the second lieutenant Camille Mayer, order the detachment. After having sabred without killing it the French sentinel posted in front of the section Camille Mayer draws three times in direction from Jules-Andre Peugeot. This last retorts and cuts down the rider of a ball in the belly. The second German ball mortally wounded Jules-Andre Peugeot, turning over on his steps, it subsides in front of the house of Docourt, and dies, it is 10:07. It is the French military first dead of a war which will begin only the following day August 3rd 1914, with the declaration of war of the Germany to the France and which will kill 1.357.800 French for 2.037.700 German.

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