The bells are ringing or "great Bumblebee" sounded everywhere on Friday Centenary of the mobilization of France in 1914, which was preceded by two days of the entry of the Second World War in France.
A moment of reflection and a lot of internal memory, which marks the beginning of a week of celebrations.
"Order for general mobilization" and August 1, 1914 reproduced in the local press on Friday the. 3.8 million reservists on active duty who has come 800,000 soldiers already
To celebrate the event, the government invited the mayor of the 36,000 communes in France in 1600 to sound the alarm, as well as their predecessors a century ago, at the same time. Free to decide the mayor application.
Lyon is the lunch bell tower in the town hall and several churches have heard ten minutes tremor alarm. And most of the 3,000 villages in the region Rhône-Alpes, which began after the call.
Paris, Notre Dame rang bells for fifteen minutes. "Her name was Maria, improved aircraft last year," said Anne-Marie, 76 years old, Neuilly-sur-Seine master hand. Lille is also the sound of the bell of the cathedral.
In Alsace and Moselle, the alarm would have sounded August 1, 1914, as these regions were part of the German Empire. At this time, seven minutes "great call" and six other bells of the Cathedral of Strasbourg was "gorgeous ring is a very strong team."
Small town Saujon, Charente-Maritime, the old bell from 1632, "which probably sounded the August 1, 1914," was back in operation within five minutes. In contrast, the alarm is not in Bordeaux, where he explained to Mary that he sounds "received any request to do so." One of the Mende, Lozère the work of the church, firefighters only allowed to climb sound the alarm the tower, which was mobilized.
- "Fields of men out" -
Several were refractory, such as the Socialist mayor of Le Mans, Jean-Claude Boulard, the bells toll in the city refused, citing "appalling battle" in the war.
"This is not a declaration of war on alcohol, leading to drowsiness, the announcement of the engagement," argues Joseph Zimet, Managing Director of the Centenary of the load to make a call to justify the bells ring.
Has several deputies, but regretted warned that too late. And the last call of the founders of Alsace, Andre Voegele, was of all the bells France wants to know how to reprogram attacked the buzzer or alarm.
"I, in my electrical box, I have a bell, a bell, a small fly ... but I have no alarm bell button" amused Jean-Pierre David, mayor of the village of Vilafranca del Penedes (Meurthe-et-Moselle) and approval of this symbolic act throughout the country.
Tocsin is traditionally used to give notice to the tower of the church, "the men in the fields," to warn people of danger. But the tone of August 1, 1914, and said that the war in France plunged into consternation.
TOCSIN Friday opened a three-day celebration in France. Several communities in fact decided to celebrate on Saturday, August 2, the anniversary of the effective mobilization event.
Bilateral celebration last week, one hundred years to the day after the fall of the Berlin declaration of war Paris: François Hollande and President Joachim Gauck lay the foundation for the German-German history for Hartmannswillerkopf or Vieil Armand (Haut-Rhin).
In Reims, the church bells at noon on Sunday, ringing, after the celebrations to commemorate the war are.
"Mobilization", by 20 to 38 years to book before 1914, went to their units future. 1.5% of them simply do not for various reasons.
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