'Love Your Enemies' by Adolf Hering. Today 109 years ago, on August 2, 1914, the 'Skirmish of Joncherey' took place, resulting in the first German and French casualties of the First World War, among the two first killed soldiers: German Lt. Albert Mayer and French Corporal Jules-André Peugeot. Technically, they weren't killed in the First World War, as they died a day before war had even broken out between France and Germany on August 3, 1914. On the mid-morning of August 2, 1914, German Lt. Albert Mayer led a German cavalry patrol with 6 other men across the northeastern French border. At 9:30 AM they reached the village of Joncherey, where French soldiers were billeted in a farm, eating breakfast. Upon reaching the village they encountered a French sentry guarding Joncherey, who Lt. Mayer slashed with his saber. The French soldiers in Joncherey, commanded by Corporal Jules-André Peugeot, were notified of the German patrol by the daughter of the owner of the farm. ...