The protests Attack reached Arriving such a point that political leaders feared Change_sentiment civil war Hostile_encounter or revolution Change_of_leadership ; the national government itself briefly ceased Process_end to function after President Charles de Gaulle secretly fled Escaping France for a few hours .

It then spread Dispersal to factories with strikes Attack involving Cause_to_be_included 11 million workers , more than 22 % of the total population of France at the time , for two continuous weeks .

It was the largest general strike Attack ever attempted in France , and the first nationwide wildcat general strike Attack .

The student occupations and wildcat general strikes Attack initiated Process_start across France were met with Come_together forceful confrontation by university administrators and police .

In an effort to simultaneously obtain Getting help Assistance from France and reduce Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the number of personnel maintained Preserving in the city , the naval commander on the island , Contre-amiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve , ordered Request his subordinate Contre-amiral Denis Decrès to put Placing to sea with the large ship of the line `` Guillaume Tell '' , which had arrived in Arriving the port shortly before the siege began Process_start in September 1798 .

It was launched Process_start through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium , northeast France , and Luxembourg , towards the end of the war Military_operation in Europe .

It eventually dissipated Expend_resource on November 6 , shortly after hitting Attack northwest France .

The Action of 30 May 1798 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter between a small British squadron and a small French squadron off the coast of Normandy , France during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter .

The leader of the Egyptian expedition , General Napoleon Bonaparte , had returned Arriving to France in 1799 and promised Commitment aid Assistance to the troops left behind , prompting Influence several expeditions to the region carrying Bringing reinforcements .

The engagement Hostile_encounter was the third successful French attack Attack on an Indian Ocean convoy Patrolling in just over a year , the French frigates being part of a squadron operating Being_in_operation from the Île de France under Commodore Jacques Hamelin .

The attack Attack on Île Bonaparte was however part of a wider British strategy to seize Conquering and capture Conquering French raiding Attack bases , and the success of the operation severely limited Limiting future French operations as Hamelin 's squadron was required Imposing_obligation for the defence Defending of Île de France .

The Action of 6 April 1809 was a small naval battle Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter between the French frigate and several British frigates , principally , as part of the blockade of Brest , France during the Napoleonic Wars Hostile_encounter .

Despite the threat that their ships faced Confronting_problem , communication Communication and the transfer of supplies between France and her colonies was vital to the French war Hostile_encounter effort , and the French Navy made Action constant attempts to evade the patrolling Patrolling British squadrons .

In late 1808 , a significant Causation French squadron was deployed Arranging to Isle de France ( now Mauritius ) to disrupt Commitment British trade in the Indian Ocean .

This force required Imposing_obligation reinforcement and supply Supply from France , and periodic attempts were made Action to reach Arriving the isolated convoy with new frigates , the first of which was `` Niémen '' .

The failure Earnings_and_losses of `` Niémen '' to reach Arriving Isle de France also had serious repercussions for the French squadron there .

The Atlantic U-boat campaign Military_operation of World War Military_operation I ( sometimes called the `` First Battle Hostile_encounter of the Atlantic '' , in reference to the World War II campaign of that name ) was the prolonged naval conflict Hostile_encounter between German submarines and the Allied navies in Atlantic waters—the seas around the British Isles , the North Sea and the coast of France .

A month later , Hamelin 's raiding Attack campaign skirted disaster Catastrophe when a winter hurricane on the voyage back to Île de France almost wrecked Destroying his flagship `` Vénus '' .

Only two of the captured Conquering Indiamen were successfully brought Causation to Ile de France : the same storm Catastrophe that nearly destroyed Destroying `` Vénus '' scattered Dispersal the squadron and its prizes , allowing Preventing_or_letting a patrolling Patrolling British frigate to recapture Conquering `` Windham '' just a few miles from the French island .

Fricourt is a village that was fought Hostile_encounter over in July 1916 , during the Battle of the Somme , which took place Process_start in France during the First World War .

The last battle Hostile_encounter of the German battleship `` Bismarck '' took place Process_start in the Atlantic Ocean approximately west of Brest , France , on 26–27 May 1941 .

Early on 25 May the British forces lost Earnings_and_losses contact Connect with `` Bismarck '' , which headed Self_motion ESE towards France while the British searched Scrutiny NE , presuming she was returning Arriving to Norway .

`` Mont-Blanc '' was under orders Arranging from the French government to carry her cargo from New York City via Halifax to Bordeaux , France .

Sam Querrey from California , fellow American James Blake , France ’ s Nicolas Mahut and Belgium ’ s Xavier Malisse , the tournament Competition ’ s reigning doubles champion , were participants Participation of this year 's tournaments Competition .

French privateers operating Control from the Indian Ocean islands of Île Bonaparte and Île de France were a serious threat to British trade across the Indian Ocean during the Wars Hostile_encounter , and the British deployed Arranging numerous methods of intercepting them , including disguising warships as merchant vessels to lure Hold privateers into unequal engagements Hostile_encounter with more powerful warships .

The campaign involved Participation land and naval forces of Great Britain and France , and land forces of the United States .

British naval forces in North America and the West Indies were weaker Cause_change_of_strength than the combined Cause_to_amalgamate fleets of France and Spain , and , after some critical decisions Deciding and tactical missteps by British naval commanders , the French fleet of Paul de Grasse gained Getting control Control over Chesapeake Bay , blockading Cornwallis from naval support and delivering Sending additional land forces to blockade him on land .

Strategically , the loss Earnings_and_losses of Gustavus Adolphus meant Causation the French became Becoming the dominant power on the `` Protestant '' , or in their case , anti-Habsburg , side , eventually leading to Causation the founding Creating of the League of Heilbronn and the open Openness entry Process_start of France into the war Military_operation .

Utah , commonly known as Utah Beach , was the code name Name_conferral for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6 , 1944 ( D-Day ) , during World War II .

The Battle of Roncevaux Pass ( French and English spelling , `` Roncesvalles '' in Spanish , `` Orreaga '' in Basque ) in 778 saw a large force of Basques ambush Attack a part of Charlemagne 's army in Roncevaux Pass , a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the present Presence border between France and Spain , after his invasion Attack of the Iberian Peninsula .

The employment and actions of these `` infernal columns '' continues to be a subject of heated debate Communication , both in France and abroad .

Three other Islamist attacks Attack took place Process_start on the same day in France , Tunisia , and Somalia .

Meanwhile , France ended Process_end on a spectacular fashion in third spot with a total of seven medals ( four golds , two silver , and one bronze ) , followed Motion by the Netherlands with four , including two golds from Ranomi Kromowidjojo in sprint freestyle ( both 50 and 100 m ) , and South Africa with three .

However , in 1942 the air war had begun Process_start to heat up over the Bay of Biscay , north of Spain and off the west coast of France ; the Douglas DC-3 lost Damaging in this attack Attack had survived attacks Attack by Luftwaffe fighters in November 1942 and April 1943 .

After taking dozens of British prisoners , the combined fleet sailed Self_motion toward Saint Pierre and Miquelon , which were held Hold by the British at that time , and remained Presence near the islands for two weeks , taking on water and preparing for the voyage back to France and Spain .

In September 1805 the Electorate of Bavaria under Prince-elector Maximilian I Joseph of Wittelsbach , that had been allied Collaboration with the Habsburg Monarchy under the common federally structured Holy Roman Empire , went Change over to Napoleonic France : the Bavarian Minister Count Maximilian von Montgelas , realizing the French superiority while fearing the ambitions of the newly established Austrian Empire , signed Sign_agreement a secret defence alliance at Bogenhausen .

The terms of the surrender Surrendering were generous , and the French troops repatriated to France .

In France the revolutionary events ended Process_end the July Monarchy ( 1830–1848 ) and led to Causation the creation Creating of the French Second Republic .

Following the overthrow Change_of_leadership of King Louis Philippe in February 1848 , the elected Choosing government of the Second Republic ruled Control France .

The action Response was fought Hostile_encounter as part of the blockade of Guadeloupe and neighbouring Martinique by a large British Royal Navy squadron , which was seeking to cut Removing the islands off from contact Communication and supplies Supply from France by preventing Preventing_or_letting the passage of shipping Motion from Europe to the islands .

Driven away from Cayenne by Portugal ( allies of Britain , and fighting France themselves in be Peninsular War Hostile_encounter ) , who had recently captured Conquering the colony , `` Topaze '' took Giving refuge under the gun batteries of Guadeloupe .

The Group A tournament Competition was contested Competition in Amiens , France .

Arriving Arriving much too late to affect Influence the outcome , these reinforcements were intercepted off the islands and scattered Dispersal during the Action of 14–17 April 1809 : half the force failed to return Arriving to France .

However more recently historians have taken a broader perspective noting that the Habsburgs at the same time resisted Defending internal separatist movements , and were battling Hostile_encounter Prussia and France for control of central Europe .

It takes place Process_start in hill towns of the Pays de Fayence between Nice and Aix-en-Provence in the South of France during the first two weeks of August .

The Demonstration Protest of 20 June 1792 ( ) was the last peaceful attempt made Action by the people of Paris to persuade Convincing King Louis XVI of France to abandon GiveUp his current policy and attempt to follow what they believed to be a more empathetic approach Arriving to governing Action .

The Demonstration Protest was the last Process_end phase of the unsuccessful attempt to establish Creating a constitutional Legality monarchy in France .

The French Riviera Marathon ( ) is a marathon held annually along the south east coast of France , between the cities of Nice and Cannes .

A ceasefire was agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act under the mediation of France in February 1919 .

France , which supplied Supply all 10 competitors Competition , won all the medals .