The end Process_end of French rule Control and the abolition of slavery in the former colony was followed Motion by a successful defense Defending of the freedoms they won , and , with the collaboration Collaboration of free persons of color , their independence from white Europeans .

The Siege of Philippsburg was conducted Action by French forces against forces in the fortress of Philippsburg in the Rhine River valley during the War of the Polish Succession .

For most of the Seven Years ' War Spain remained neutral , turning down both the French and British , but during the war 's latter stages , the Spanish became Becoming alarmed Warning at the threat posed Causation by the British to their colonies as French losses Earnings_and_losses mounted .

For most of the Seven Years ' War Spain remained neutral , turning down both the French and British , but during the war 's latter stages , the Spanish became Becoming alarmed Warning at the threat posed Causation by the British to their colonies as French losses Earnings_and_losses mounted .

In anticipation of the Spanish entering Arriving the war Hostile_encounter on the French side , the British attacked Attack Spanish colonies .

In this 90-minute battle Hostile_encounter , Frederick the Great , king of Prussia , defeated Conquering an Allied army composed of French forces augmented Cause_to_amalgamate by a contingent of the Reichsarmee ( Imperial Army ) of the Holy Roman Empire .

The French and Imperial army included Cause_to_be_included almost 42,000 men , opposing Agree_or_refuse_to_act a considerably smaller Prussian force of 22,000 .

Still the fight is equal , each side fighting under a single standard , that of the Poles a dark-red dual cross stitched Connect to a white background , that of the Teutonic Knights a white and red field joined Becoming_a_member diagonally , which is borne by Henry a knight of French origin .

According to the French academic Dominique Reynié , between 3 January and 12 April 2003 , 36 million people across the globe took part Dispersal in almost 3,000 protests Judgment_communication against the Iraq war .

The Action of 27 June 1798 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter between British and French frigates in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea .

The engagement Hostile_encounter formed Cause_to_amalgamate part of a wider campaign Military_operation , in which a major French convoy sailed Self_motion from Toulon to Alexandria at the start of the Napoleonic campaign Military_operation in Egypt .

The French frigate `` Sensible '' had been detached Removing from the convoy Patrolling after the capture Conquering of Malta , under orders Request to carry Sending wounded soldiers and looted Robbery treasure back to France while the main body continued Arriving to Egypt .

The British frigate was one of a number of vessels detached Removing from the main British Mediterranean Fleet in the Tagus River , sent Sending to augment Cause_change_of_strength the fleet under Sir Horatio Nelson that was actively hunting Aiming the French convoy .

Lookouts Scrutiny on `` Seahorse '' spotted `` Sensible '' at 16:00 on 26 June and Captain Edward Foote immediately gave Giving chase Motion , the French frigate fleeing Escaping southwards .

For 12 hours the pursuit Aiming continued until Foote was able to catch Connect and defeat Conquering his opponent , inflicting Causation heavy casualties Death on the weaker and overladen French frigate .

The action provided Supply the British with the first conclusive evidence of the French intention to invade Attack Egypt , but despite an extensive search Scouring for Nelson 's fleet Foote was unable to relay Communication the location of the French to his admiral before the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Nile on 1 August .

The action provided Supply the British with the first conclusive evidence of the French intention to invade Attack Egypt , but despite an extensive search Scouring for Nelson 's fleet Foote was unable to relay Communication the location of the French to his admiral before the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Nile on 1 August .

This campaign is named Name_conferral after Operation Torch , the joint US/British invasion of French North Africa in 1942 , presumably because of the two operations ' similar thrust Body_movement in to the enemies southern underbelly .

Severe Tropical Cyclone Wasa–Arthur was the first major tropical cyclone to affect Influence French Polynesia and Tahiti since the 1982–83 season .

During December 12 , Wasa passed Motion_directional through the French Polynesian Austral Islands and passed Motion_directional directly over Tubuai , before it degenerated Change into a tropical depression later that day .

Overall the system caused Causation an estimated US $ 60 million in damage within French Polynesia , with the majority of the damage Damaging done between December 9 – 12 .

The French Government incurred Causation costs of about FF68 million including FF53 million for the efforts of the French Military .

The French Government incurred Causation costs of about FF68 million including FF53 million for the efforts of the French Military .

The French Polynesian Government subsequently borrowed Assistance FF55 million and built Creating up a fund from local banks of about FF1.5 billion , to help Assistance with the reconstruction .

It was a sufficiently significant victory Earnings_and_losses to give Giving Lincoln the confidence to announce Expressing_publicly his Emancipation Proclamation , which discouraged Hindering the British and French governments from pursuing Aiming any potential plans Arranging to recognize Know the Confederacy .

On 16 August , the French could have swept Scouring away the key Prussian defense Defending and escaped Escaping .

Prevented Preventing_or_letting from retreating Escaping , the French inside Metz had no choice Choosing but to fight Hostile_encounter the Battle Hostile_encounter of Gravelotte on 18 August .

One Prussian corps , reinforced Cause_change_of_strength by two more later in the day , encountered Hostile_encounter the entire French Army of the Rhine in a meeting engagement and , surprisingly , forced Motion the Army of the Rhine to retreat Escaping into the fortress of Metz .

9 , led by Rittmeister Oskar von Blumenthal , discovered Know that Marshal François Bazaine 's 160,000-man Army of the Rhine was attempting to escape Escaping from Metz to join with French forces at Verdun .

This intelligence Perception_active prompted Preventing_or_letting General Prince Friedrich Karl , commander of the Prussian Second Army , to order Arranging at 1900 on 15 August a grossly outnumbered group of 30,000 men of the advanced Cause_to_make_progress III Corps under General Constantin von Alvensleben to cut off Having_or_lacking_access the French line of retreat Escaping at Mars-la-Tour and Vionville .

III Corps routed Motion the French 2nd Army Corps and captured Conquering Vionville at 1130 , blocking Hindering any further escape Escaping attempts to the west .

From 1200 to 1600 , Alvensleben defeated Conquering all attempts by four French corps to dislodge his III Corps .

Alvensleben attacked Attack the French advance guard , believing that it was the rearguard of the retreating Escaping Army of the Rhine .

Despite his misjudgment , Alvensleben held off Defending four French corps for seven hours .

In late September 1914 , military operations took place Process_start in the vicinity , when the II Bavarian Corps was engaged Participation by French Territorial divisions in an encounter battle .

The French divisions were forced Motion back and the two divisions of the II Bavarian Corps , advanced Cause_to_make_progress westwards on the north side of the Somme , eventually being stopped Process_end around Maricourt , Montauban and Fricourt .

Combles was attacked Attack by the British and French on 25 September , during the Battle of Morval after several delays due Causation to rain Motion and poor visibility .

Brigades from the 56th and 5th divisions in the north , wheeled to the right to form Cause_to_amalgamate a south-facing flank above Combles , as the French 2nd Division attacked Attack from the south .

German resistance against the French attack Attack close to the village , particularly with machine-gun fire , held back Hindering the advance but further east , the French captured Conquering Rancourt in the afternoon and closed up to Frégicourt .

German resistance against the French attack Attack close to the village , particularly with machine-gun fire , held back Hindering the advance but further east , the French captured Conquering Rancourt in the afternoon and closed up to Frégicourt .

Prisoners taken Conquering by the British and French revealed Reveal_secret that a retirement from the village was intended during the night .

Infantry patrols probed Criminal_investigation forwards and the British and French forces Causation met at several points in and east of the village , in the early hours of 26 September .

A huge amount of equipment , ammunition and engineering stores were captured Conquering in the village and on 27 September , the inter-army boundary was moved Motion north to Morval , to assist Assistance French attacks towards Sailly-Saillisel .

The food offerings include Cause_to_be_included items such as jambalaya , pastalaya , fried and grilled alligator , funnel cakes , Hamburgers , French fries , hot dogs plus other local , homemade dishes .

The Action of 24 June 1801 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter .

Turning Change towards the enemy , Hallowell found Know that his sluggish ship was unable to respond Response rapidly to French manoeuvres Self_motion and within two hours `` Swiftsure '' was surrounded Surrounding .

The action was a rare victory for the French in the Mediterranean Sea , which had been largely under British control Control since the French Mediterranean Fleet had been destroyed Destroying in 1798 at the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Nile .

The action was a rare victory for the French in the Mediterranean Sea , which had been largely under British control Control since the French Mediterranean Fleet had been destroyed Destroying in 1798 at the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Nile .

This had trapped the French army in Egypt on the African side of the Mediterranean , and all efforts to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength and resupply Supply them had ended Process_end in failure , including three separate expeditions Attack by Ganteaume 's squadron .

`` Swiftsure '' was later commissioned into the French Navy and fought Hostile_encounter at the Battle Hostile_encounter of Trafalgar in 1805 , where the ship was recaptured Conquering by the British and rejoined Becoming_a_member the Royal Navy .