Britain and France both controlled Control colonies on the Indian Subcontinent and when the French National Convention declared Expressing_publicly war on Britain on 1 February 1793 , both sides were prepared GetReady for conflict in India .

Pondicherry 's defenses were strong , but the garrison was too small to effectively man the walls , and although a French frigate squadron was stationed Placing at the distant Île de France , it was unable to effectively protect Defending the French Indian coast .

The city of Bayonne was then a part of Aquitaine , nominally a part of France .

The Gas Attacks at Hulluch were two German cloud gas attacks Attack on British troops during World War I , from 1916 , near the village of Hulluch , north of Loos in northern France .

The plane , a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 , registration HK-4374X , was en route from Tocumen International Airport ( PTY ) in Panama City , Panama to Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport ( FDF ) in Fort-de-France , Martinique , France .

The invasion Attack of Anjouan ( code-named Operation `` Democracy in Comoros '' ) , on25 March 2008 , was an amphibious assault Attack led Causation by the Comoros , backed by African Union ( AU ) forces , including troops from Sudan , Tanzania , Senegal , along with logistical support Supporting from Libya and France .

The Comoros archipelago in the Indian Ocean has had a fractious history since independence Change_of_leadership from France in 1975 , experiencing more than 20 coups or attempted coups .

On15 May France rejected Agree_or_refuse_to_act Bacar 's request Request for asylum but the French refugee office ruled Legal_rulings that the ousted leader could not be extradited Extradition to the Comoros because of the risk of persecution .

During the Dardanelles Operation Military_operation in September 1806 , Britain pressured Convincing Sultan Selim III to expel Extradition Sebastiani , declare Expressing_publicly war Hostile_encounter on France , cede the Danubian Principalities to Russia , and surrender Surrendering the Ottoman fleet , together with the forts on the Dardanelles , to the Royal Navy .

On 16 March 1807 , 5000 British troops embarked Self_motion on the Alexandria expedition Traveling of 1807 and occupied Control Alexandria in August , although Khedive Muhammad Ali defeated Conquering them heavily and forced them to evacuate Removing five months later after a short siege Besieging ; however , the Ottoman Empire had a little military support Supporting from France in the war Hostile_encounter with Russia .

In France , Paris 's Charles de Gaulle Airport was closed Process_end .

Operation Jericho was a low-level Second World War bombing Attack raid Attack on 18 February 1944 , by Allied aircraft on Amiens Prison in German-occupied France .

He retired to his base at Île de France ( now Mauritius ) , where he learned Know of his error .

The attack Attack by air-and-sea was conducted Action by the Royal Navy after France had signed Sign_agreement armistices with Germany and Italy that came into effect on 25 June .

The British War Cabinet feared Change_sentiment that France would hand Giving the ships to the German Navy ( `` Kriegsmarine '' ) , giving Giving the Axis assistance Assistance in the Battle Military_operation of the Atlantic or Battle Military_operation of the Mediterranean .

After the attack Attack at Mers-el-Kébir and the Battle Military_operation of Dakar , French aircraft raided Attack Gibraltar in retaliation Revenge and Marshal Philippe Pétain , who had become Becoming the prime minister of France on 16 June , severed Process_end diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom .

The attack Attack created Causation much rancour between France and Britain but also demonstrated Protest to the world that Britain intended Deciding to fight Hostile_encounter on .

The War of the Three Henrys ( 1587–1589 ) was the eighth conflict Hostile_encounter in the series of civil wars Hostile_encounter in France known as the Wars of Religion .

It was a three-way war fought Hostile_encounter between : The war was instigated Causation by Philip of Spain to keep his enemy , France , from interfering Hindering with the Spanish army in the Netherlands and his planned Arranging invasion Attack of England .

The Swiss were his allies , and had come to Motion invade Attack France to free him from subjection ; but Henry III insisted that their invasion Attack was not in his favor , but against him , forcing Causation them to return Arriving home .

In these dark times the King of France finally reached Arriving out to his cousin and heir , the King of Navarre .

The French squadron , commanded Control by Contre-amiral Pierre César Charles de Sercey , had left Departing their base on Île de France in July , cruising Patrolling off Ceylon and Tranquebar before sailing Self_motion eastwards .

No longer able to tolerate Control the encirclement of two major Habsburg powers on its borders , Catholic France entered Arriving the coalition on the side of the Protestants in order to counter Communication the Habsburgs .

The rise Motion_directional of Bourbon France , the curtailing of Habsburg ambition , and the ascendancy of Sweden as a great power created Creating a new balance of power on the continent , with France emerging Coming_to_be from the war strengthened Cause_change_of_strength and increasingly dominant in the latter part of the 17th century .

The rise Motion_directional of Bourbon France , the curtailing of Habsburg ambition , and the ascendancy of Sweden as a great power created Creating a new balance of power on the continent , with France emerging Coming_to_be from the war strengthened Cause_change_of_strength and increasingly dominant in the latter part of the 17th century .

The United States , France , and an official from the United Nations condemned Judgment_communication the Palestinian attacks Attack , and the US stressed Statement that Israel has the right to defend Defending itself .

Polish forces then withdrew Escaping to the southeast where they prepared GetReady for a long defence Defending of the Romanian Bridgehead and awaited expected support Supporting and relief Assistance from France and the United Kingdom .

Those two countries had pacts with Poland and had declared Expressing_publicly war on Germany on 3 September , in the end Process_end their aid Assistance to Poland was very limited Limiting , however France invaded Attack a small part of Germany in the Saar Offensive .

The attack was harshly condemned Judgment_communication by the United Nations , the Quartet on the Middle East , France , Germany , the United Kingdom , the United States , and many other governments , as well as the Palestinian Authority and a number of non-governmental organizations .

The Quasi-War ( ) was an undeclared war fought Hostile_encounter almost entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800 , which broke out Process_start during the beginning Process_start of John Adams 's presidency .

After the French Monarchy was abolished GiveUp in September 1792 the United States refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to continue repaying its large debt to France , which had supported Supporting it during its own War for Independence .

In response Response France authorized Preventing_or_letting privateers to conduct Action attacks Attack on American shipping , seizing Self_motion numerous merchant ships , and ultimately leading Causation the U.S. to retaliate Revenge .

Adams took sudden and unexpected action , rejecting Agree_or_refuse_to_act the anti-French hawks in his own party and offering Supply peace to France .

In 1800 he sent Sending William Vans Murray to France to negotiate Communication peace ; the Federalists cried Vocalizations betrayal .

The Turkish War of Independence ( `` War of Liberation '' , also known figuratively as `` İstiklâl Harbi '' `` Independence War '' or `` Millî Mücadele '' `` National Campaign '' ; 19 May 1919 – 24 July 1923 ) was fought Hostile_encounter between the Turkish National Movement and the proxies of the Allies – namely Greece on the Western Front , Armenia on the Eastern , France on the Southern , the royalists and the separatists in various cities , and with them , the United Kingdom and Italy in Constantinople ( now Istanbul ) – after parts of the Ottoman Empire were occupied and partitioned following the Ottomans ' defeat Conquering in World War I .

Sixteen teams qualified Becoming_a_member for the event , including host Social_event nation Serbia , defending Defending champion France and fourteen national teams through the qualifying tournament .

Almost all French Canadians opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act conscription ; they felt Change_sentiment that they had no particular loyalty to either Britain or France .

Initial English successes , notably at the famous Battle of Agincourt , coupled Cause_to_amalgamate with divisions among the French ruling class , allowed Preventing_or_letting the English to gain Getting control Control of large parts of France .

In 1420 , the Treaty of Troyes was signed Sign_agreement , by which the English king married Forming_relationships the French princess Catherine and was made Manufacturing regent Change_of_leadership of the kingdom and heir to the throne of France .

King Henry V and , after his death Death , his brother John , Duke of Bedford , brought Bringing the English to the height of their power in France , with an English king crowned Change_of_leadership in Paris .

The second half of this phase of the war Hostile_encounter was dominated Control by the Kingdom of France .

Charles VII of France was crowned Change_of_leadership in Notre-Dame de Reims in 1429 , and from then a slow but steady reconquest of English-held French territories ensued Incident .

Ultimately the English would be expelled Removing from France and lose Earnings_and_losses all of their continental territories , except the Pale of Calais ( which would be captured Conquering in 1558 ) .

In France , despite the heavy Spanish losses Earnings_and_losses , the battle was celebrated Social_event as a victory , with Troude widely praised and promoted Cause_to_make_progress for the defence of his ship .

The Suez Crisis , or the Second Arab–Israeli war , also called Name_conferral the tripartite aggression ( ) in the Arab world and Sinai War in Israel , was an invasion Attack of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel , followed Self_motion by the United Kingdom and France .

The episode humiliated Change_sentiment the United Kingdom and France and strengthened Cause_change_of_strength Nasser .

Britain and France issued Creating a joint Collaboration ultimatum to cease fire , which was ignored .

On 5 November , Britain and France landed Motion paratroopers along the Suez Canal .

A German-held salient from Reims to Amiens had been formed Coming_to_be in 1914 , which menaced communications between Paris and northern France .

The preeminent naval powers Influence , Great Britain and France , halted Process_end further construction Building of wooden-hulled ships , and others followed suit .