WW1 General Mobilisation in France August 1914.

Posted on August 1, 2014 by bill

Août 14 : la mobilisation en images

PAGE PHOTOS par Grégoire Lecalot vendredi 1 août 2014 17:37
Des Parisiens regardent les affiches de mobilisation, le 2 août 1914. © Gallica/Agence Rol
Des Parisiens regardent les affiches de mobilisation, le 2 août 1914. © Gallica/Agence Rol

Il y a un siècle, la France plongeait dans l’enfer de la Première Guerre mondiale. La mobilisation générale était décrétée le 1er août 1914. Le 3 août, l’Allemagne déclarait la guerre. Des photographes de l’agence de presse Rol immortalise les premiers moments de ce conflit qui fera 10 millions de morts, dont 1,3 en France. Sous le soleil de Paris, c’est l’enthousiasme qui domine.

A century ago, France was plunged into the hell of the first World War. General Mobilisation was made law on 1st August 1914. On 3rd August, Germany declared war. Photographs of the press agency immortalised the first moments of the conflict which would make 10 million dead, including 1.3 million in France. Under the Paris sun, it was enthusiasm that dominated.

 

Affiches de mobilisation en 1914. © Gallica
Affiches de mobilisation en 1914. © Gallica (Mobilisation posters.)

 

Scène de vie à Paris : un attroupement devant un épicerie, le 2 août 1914.
Scène de vie à Paris : un attroupement devant un épicerie, le 2 août 1914. (Paris scene, outside a grocers shop)

 

Des chants, des drapeaux, devant la gare de l'est, l'ambiance oscille entre enthousiasme et gravité.
Des chants, des drapeaux, devant la gare de l’est, c’est l’enthousiasme. (Singing, and flags in front of the station, its the enthusiasm)
Le filtrage des mobilisés, devant le grilles de la gare de l'est.
Le filtrage des mobilisés, devant le grilles de la gare de l’est. (Security filters in front of the gates of the station de l’est)
Le premier départ de la gare de l'est vers le front, le 2 août.
Le premier départ de la gare de l’est vers le front, le 2 août. (The first departure from the station towards the battle front)

 

En plus des trois millions d'hommes, 700.000 chevaux sont mobilisés dès les premiers jours de la guerre.
En plus des trois millions d’hommes, 700.000 chevaux sont mobilisés dès les premiers jours de la guerre. (More than 3 million men and 700,000 horses were mobilised in the first days of the war.)

 

Les chevaux passent devant des commissions de réquisition, installées dans les rues.
Les chevaux sont amenés devant des commissions de réquisition, installées dans les rues. (The horses were brought before the requisitions commission, waiting in the streets)

 

Après avoir quitté leurs foyers, les mobilisés sont conduits vers des points de regroupement, où ils sont répartis dans les unités militaires. La guerre commence pour eux.
Après avoir quitté leurs foyers, les mobilisés sont conduits vers des points de regroupement, où ils sont répartis dans les unités militaires. La guerre commence pour eux. (After leaving their homes, the mobilised men were directed towards the places of joining. where they were assigned their military regiments. The war started for them.)

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Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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