Allied thrusts overran Vichy French Morocco and Algeria and advanced Self_motion into Tunisia .

Toulouse the Heineken Cup winners in 1996 , 2003 and 2005 had two changes Change from their semi-final victory over London Irish at Twickenham , with Maleli Kunavore partnering Yannick Jauzion in the centre and the French international flanker Thierry Dusautoir replaced Change Yannick Nyanga .

The admiral sent Sending two reconnoitring frigates which surprised and caught two French and Spanish vessels in a night-time raid .

However , this practice Practice did not end Process_end completely until the French conquest Conquering of Algeria .

It took place Process_start along Route Coloniale 4 ( RC4 , also known as Highway 4 ) , a road used Using to supply Supply the French military base at Cao Bằng .

French military Military_operation traffic along the road had previously been subject to an ongoing series of ambushes Attack during 1947–1949 .

The battle Hostile_encounter lasted from 30 September to 18 October 1950 and resulted in Causation a French defeat .

Several units of the French army , including some battalions of the French Foreign Legion , were devastated Destroying by the Việt Minh and essentially ceased Process_end to exist Preserving as fighting units .

Several units of the French army , including some battalions of the French Foreign Legion , were devastated Destroying by the Việt Minh and essentially ceased Process_end to exist Preserving as fighting units .

During the French Indochina War Military_operation ( 1945–1954 ) , French forces Military_operation attempted to re-establish Recovering colonial control Control of Vietnam , while the Vietnamese guerrilla forces Military_operation , the Việt Minh , led by Ho Chi Minh fought Hostile_encounter for independence .

During the French Indochina War Military_operation ( 1945–1954 ) , French forces Military_operation attempted to re-establish Recovering colonial control Control of Vietnam , while the Vietnamese guerrilla forces Military_operation , the Việt Minh , led by Ho Chi Minh fought Hostile_encounter for independence .

Initially the Việt Minh were unsuccessful in dealing Arranging with the better -trained and -equipped French forces Military_operation .

Võ Nguyên Giáp , the military Military_operation leader of the Việt Minh , launched Process_start an offensive Attack against the French in early 1950 .

On 25 May , 2,500 Việt Minh troops overwhelmed Destroying the French fortress at Dong Khé , which lay Placing at the strategic center of RC4 , thus cutting Change the supply Supply line between the French positions at Cao Bằng and Lạng Sơn .

On 25 May , 2,500 Việt Minh troops overwhelmed Destroying the French fortress at Dong Khé , which lay Placing at the strategic center of RC4 , thus cutting Change the supply Supply line between the French positions at Cao Bằng and Lạng Sơn .

French paratroops retook Conquering Dong Khé on the evening of 27 May and a company of Legionnaires took Conquering charge of the fort .

Giap then began Process_start harassing Attack French positions along RC4 in northern Vietnam with mines and ambushes .

The French responded Response by dismantling Destroying their small posts along the road and concentrating area forces Military_operation in the fortified positions at Dong Khé and Cao Bằng .

Giap planned Arranging to launch Process_start another assault Attack on French positions in operation `` Le Hong Phong II '' .

It was then garrisoned Besieging by some 300 French Foreign Legion troops comprising the 5th and 6th companies of the 2nd battalion of the 3rd Regiment ( 3rd REI ) .

The 1st BEP waited Temporary_stay at That Khe while a force of French colonial troops , the Moroccan 1st and 11th Tabors , assembled Come_together at Lạng Sơn .

Meanwhile , General Marcel Carpentier , the commander in chief of French Indochina , decided Deciding to evacuate Emptying Cao Bằng .

They are excluded Preventing_or_letting typically because of their status as French national championships rather than international contests ( even though international participants Participation were invited Choosing ) or because , as team events , they were essentially qualifiers Preventing_or_letting for the final Process_end events .

Watson was launched Motion in a pair of aircraft tasked Request with locating Placing a French aircraft carrier under combat conditions including radio-silence and radar switched Motion off .

The war occurred Presence within the context of the Protestant Reformation Reforming_a_system in Germany and the subsequent Counter-Reformation , and concurrently with the Dutch Revolt Hostile_encounter and the French Wars Hostile_encounter of Religion .

An inquiry Scrutiny determined Deciding that the chemical used Using in the attack Attack was a liquid component from old French tear gas grenades that had never functioned properly .

The French part of the offensive was intended to be strategically decisive by breaking Bodily_harm through the German defences on the Aisne front within with casualties expected to be around A preliminary attack was to be made by the French Third Army at St Quentin and the British First , Third and Fifth armies at Arras , to capture Conquering high ground and divert German reserves from the French fronts on the Aisne and in Champagne .

The French part of the offensive was intended to be strategically decisive by breaking Bodily_harm through the German defences on the Aisne front within with casualties expected to be around A preliminary attack was to be made by the French Third Army at St Quentin and the British First , Third and Fifth armies at Arras , to capture Conquering high ground and divert German reserves from the French fronts on the Aisne and in Champagne .

The French part of the offensive was intended to be strategically decisive by breaking Bodily_harm through the German defences on the Aisne front within with casualties expected to be around A preliminary attack was to be made by the French Third Army at St Quentin and the British First , Third and Fifth armies at Arras , to capture Conquering high ground and divert German reserves from the French fronts on the Aisne and in Champagne .

The main offensive was to be delivered Military_operation by the French on the Chemin des Dames ridge ( the Second Battle of the Aisne , , and ) , with a subsidiary attack by the Fourth Army ( Third Battle of Champagne , Battle of the Hills , Battle of the Hills of Champagne ) .

The final stage of the offensive was to follow the meeting of the British and French armies , having broken Bodily_harm through the German lines , then the pursuit of the defeated German armies towards the German frontier .

The Franco-British attacks were tactically successful ; the French Third Army of `` Groupe d'armées du Nord '' ( GAN , Northern Army Group ) captured Conquering the German defences west of the Hindenburg Line near St. Quentin from 1 to 4 April , before further attacks were repulsed Defending .

The main French offensive on the Aisne began Process_start on 16 April and also achieved Achieve considerable tactical success but the attempt to force Causation a strategically decisive battle on the Germans was a costly failure and by 25 April the main offensive had been suspended Process_end .

The failure of the Nivelle strategy and the high number of French casualties led to Causation mutinies and the dismissal of Nivelle , his replacement by Pétain and the adoption of a defensive strategy by the French , while their armies recuperated Recovering and were rearmed .

The failure of the Nivelle strategy and the high number of French casualties led to Causation mutinies and the dismissal of Nivelle , his replacement by Pétain and the adoption of a defensive strategy by the French , while their armies recuperated Recovering and were rearmed .

In late October , the French conducted Action the Battle of La Malmaison ( 23–27 October ) , a limited-objective attack on the west end of the Chemin-des-Dames , which forced Causation the Germans to abandon GiveUp their remaining positions on Chemin des Dames and retire Escaping across the Ailette valley .

The Action of 4 August 1800 was a highly unusual naval engagement Hostile_encounter that took place Process_start off the Brazilian coast during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter .

A French frigate force that had been raiding Attack British commerce off West Africa approached Self_motion and attempted to attack Attack a convoy of valuable East Indiamen , large and heavily armed merchant vessels sailing Motion from Britain to British India and China , two ships sailing Motion for Botany Bay , and a whaler sailing Motion for the South Seas ' whale fishery .

Due to their large size , the East Indiamen could be mistaken Coming_to_believe for ships of the line at a distance , and the French commander Commodore Jean-François Landolphe was un-nerved when the convoy formed Becoming a line of battle Hostile_encounter .

The rest of the French squadron continued to flee Escaping separately during the night , each pursued Self_motion by two East Indiamen .

After an hour and a half in pursuit Self_motion , with darkness falling Motion_directional , the East Indiaman came Arriving alongside the French `` Médée '' , giving Giving the impression by use of lights that she was a large ship of the line .

The action is the only occasion during the war Military_operation in which a British merchant vessel captured Conquering a large French warship .

The Action of 6 November 1794 ( Known in French as the Combat du 16 Brumaire an III ) was a naval engagement Hostile_encounter during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter .

The Action of 6 November 1794 ( Known in French as the Combat du 16 Brumaire an III ) was a naval engagement Hostile_encounter during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter .

Two British ships of the line , HMS `` Alexander '' and HMS `` Canada '' were intercepted Attack while returning Arriving to Britain through the Celtic Sea by a large French squadron .

The French squadron had sailed Self_motion from Brest in search of an inward bound British convoy in October , but instead encountered Hostile_encounter the two British ships returning Self_motion from escorting an outward-bound convoy .

There had been no warning Warning of the French approach Self_motion as the British force assigned Choosing to watch Brest was absent at Plymouth due to the policy of operating a distant blockade Besieging .

The British ships separated Preventing_or_letting and attempted to escape Escaping , but the French commander `` Contre-amiral '' Joseph-Marie Nielly simply split Destroying his forces in response , and although `` Canada '' was eventually able to outrun Escaping pursuit , `` Alexander '' was slower and was caught Getting by several French ships in succession .

The British ships separated Preventing_or_letting and attempted to escape Escaping , but the French commander `` Contre-amiral '' Joseph-Marie Nielly simply split Destroying his forces in response , and although `` Canada '' was eventually able to outrun Escaping pursuit , `` Alexander '' was slower and was caught Getting by several French ships in succession .

The battle Hostile_encounter was a rare French victory , lying Placing between the significant British victories at the Glorious First of June and the Battle Hostile_encounter of Groix , in the Royal Navy campaign Military_operation against the French fleet at Brest .