Parcours 14-18

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Une histoire humaine, administrative, en images, en mots de la Première Guerre mondiale. De l'Histoire et rien d'autre. Je ne Like que ce je lis. https://parcours-combattant14-18.fr/

Il y a 110 ans, le 12 août 1916, dans la Somme, Pierre Blouen trouvait la mort #1GM. C'était un employé de commerce, fondateur du club de football de #Cholet et capitaine de l'équipe. Il jouait aussi au rugby et le stade de la ville porte son nom depuis 1929. Son portrait est présenté à Thiepval 1/2

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#OTDiH in 1914, the #1GM French Army briefly occupied Mulhouse (at that time, German and called Mülhausen) in #Alsace. Soon forced to retire, they re-entered the city on 19 August, before again being forced out on the 24th. Here Chasseurs à Cheval ride through Wildemannstrasse (now rue du sauvage).

Rare photo sourced from this article https://www.histoire-genealogie.com/Une-photo-rare-l-entree-des-troupes-francaises-dans-Mulhouse-en-aout-1914?lang=fr# showing French cavalry riding two abreast through Mulhouse. The photograph is faded but the men’s uniforms are identifiable as those of chasseurs à cheval and the location is described by reference points in the article as likely to be modern rue du sauvage. 
The article also suggests the likeliest date to be 19th August 1914. I’m less sure of this. As a momentous event in Alsatian history (a French invasion/the return of the lost lands to French control - dependent on which side of the fence you were on), it feels more likely that the *initial* entry on 8 August 1914 is the occasion).