Buuxi weedha soo socota: Augustin Trébuchon wuxuu ku dhashay Montchabrier (u dhow Le Malzieu-Ville ee Lozère) 30kii Maajo 1878, isaga iyo afar walaalo ah. hooyadiis waxay geeriyootay isaga oo yar kadibna aabihiis sagaal sano kadib. wuxuu kujiray ciidanka ilaa dagaalku bilaawday 1914. Wuxuu ahaa adhijir wadaag ah wuxuuna ku ciyaari jiray qalabka loo yaqaan 'accordion' aroosyada tuulada ka hor inta uusan iskaa wax u qabso ugu biirin ciidanka 4tii Ogosto 1914. Wuxuu ku biiray guutada 415aad ee ciidamada lugta isagoo ahaa farriinle. Wuxuu horay ugu soo shaqeeyey dagaalkii labaad ee
Marne iyo Verdun, Artois iyo Somme ka hor inta aysan gaarin Ardennes dhamaadka dagaalka. Laba jeer ayaa la dhaawacay, oo ay ku jirto dhaawac daran oo uu gacankiisa bidix ka soo gaaray qarax madaafiic. Markii loo dalacsiiyay darajada "Soldat de Première Classe" (Askarigii Darajada Koowaad) bishii Sebtember 1918 waxaa la sheegay inuu ahaa "askari wanaagsan oo had iyo jeer guulaystay waajibaadkiisa, xasillooni la yaab leh, isagoo tusaale fiican u ah saaxiibbadiis da'da yar".