Initially the frigate squadron was mistaken for French warships and chased away by Swiftsure, returning the following day once the error had been realised.

Initially, in May 1940, 16, 700 people went to French Morocco.

Initially producing illustrations for Belgian Scouting magazines, in 1927 he began working for the conservative newspaper Le XXe Siècle, where he adopted the pen name " Hergé ", based upon the French pronunciation of " RG ", his initials reversed.

Initially, the majority of the province was French, which demanded " rep-by-pop " ( representation by population ), which the Anglophones opposed.

Initially, a version of SECAM for the French 819-line television standard was devised and tested, but not introduced.

Initially, British subjects from Australia made up the majority, but the establishment of the Caledonian Company of the New Hebrides in 1882 soon tipped the balance in favour of French subjects.

Initially the groupe comprised a group of French fighter pilots sent to aid Soviet forces on the Eastern Front at the suggestion of Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French Forces, who felt it important that French servicemen serve on all fronts in the war.

Initially named CATI ( Conception Assistée Tridimensionnelle Interactive — French for Interactive Aided Three-dimensional Design ) — it was renamed CATIA in 1981, when Dassault created a subsidiary to develop and sell the software, and signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement with IBM.

Initially charmed by her personality and beauty, the French people generally came to dislike her, accusing " L ' Autrichienne " ( meaning the Austrian ( woman ) in French ) of being profligate, promiscuous, and of harboring sympathies for France's enemies, particularly Austria, her country of origin.

Initially, the eastern building served as the French Naval Ministry.

Initially imitating the lyrics of the French troubadours and trouvères, Minnesang soon established a distinctive tradition.

Initially, the Vietnamese guerrilla forces, the Viet Minh, were unsuccessful in dealing with the better-trained and-equipped French forces.

Initially, their two assaults across the Fontanone stream near Marengo village were repelled, and General Jean Lannes reinforced the French right.

The first purpose-designed fighter aircraft included the British Vickers F. B. 5-machine gun armament was also fitted to several French types, such as the Morane-Saulnier L and N. Initially the German Air Service lagged behind the Allies in this respect with no purpose built fighting aircraft.

Initially the victorious French army only lightly occupied the old core of the Canton of Schwyz, but plundered the Einseideln Abbey.

Initially, the war on land went badly for the French and their allies, with German forces invading France and an urgent need to gather all possible troops to send to France to resist them.

Initially Marshal Humières commanded French forces in this theatre but in 1689, while the French concentrated on the Rhine, it produced little more than a stand-off – the most significant engagement occurred when William's second-in-command, the Prince of Waldeck, defeated Humières in a skirmish at the Battle of Walcourt on 25 August.

Initially keeping the French version of the old party name ( Parti de la liberté et du progrès ), the party relaunched as the Party of Reforms and Freedom of Wallonia ( Parti des réformes et de la liberté de Wallonie, PRLW ) after taking over the Walloon Rally.

Initially, the chief operational objective of Operation Dragoon was the capture of the important French ports of Marseilles and Toulon, which were considered as essential to supply the growing Allied forces in France.

Initially it was just one of the many dances, but it soon became popular throughout society, as theatres and street barrel organs spread it from the suburbs to the working-class slums, which were packed with hundreds of thousands of European immigrants, primarily Italians, Spanish and French.

Initially, in the days of the SS-50 and SS-50C, bus systems such as SWTPC, Gimix, and Smoke Signal Broadcasting, OS-9 was used more as a general purpose microcomputer operating system, and had a large, active hobbyist user population, and industrial and embedded system users.

Initially there were five schools: four scientific ( civil engineering, mechanical engineering, mining and metallurgy, and analytical chemistry ) and one of general literature.

" Initially, the term was used to describe in general – i. e. sporting competition based primarily on human physical feats.

Initially, the command was headed by a Chief-of-Staff ( a general officer from one of the participating countries ) in accordance with the personal direction of the Mediator, ( a civilian ).

Initially this led to antagonism from residents, due to the lower wages demanded by the Irish workers and general anti-Roman Catholic sentiment, but this faded in time.

Initially seen as a rival to general secretary Hu Jintao, Zeng showed a willingness to work towards consensus with Hu following Jiang's retirement.

Initially acting as her party's spokesperson on London, after the 2005 general election she was promoted to the front bench to serve as the Liberal Democrat Spokeswoman on Community and Local Government.

Initially, the general issues of the Paris-run French Offices in China c. 1902-1904 were used, and these can be found with postmarks applied by the Indochinese offices.

Initially its leadership and the members were once part of the Pakistan Muslim League ( Nawaz ) presided by former prime minister Navaz Sharif, but after the 1997 general elections, the political differences arise that ultimately led the creation of the faction of its own inside the party.

Initially, he requested a trade to a team on the East Coast such as the Philadelphia Flyers, and Flyers ' general manager Bobby Clarke offered the Bruins Andy Delmore and Daymond Langkow for Bourque.

Initially, the procedures were performed by otolaryngologists, general surgeons, and general practitioners but over the past 30 years tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies have been performed almost exclusively by otolaryngologists.

Initially, Sparta was reluctant, but Alcibiades, the Athenian general who had argued for the Sicilian Expedition, defected to the Spartan cause upon being accused of grossly impious acts and convinced them that they could not allow Athens to subjugate Syracuse.

Initially, Iliescu did not agree with having the couple executed, but general Victor Stănculescu offered the support of the army only in exchange for having the couple executed.

Initially he claims that " so far, then, identity is still in general the same as essence " and reminds us that identity is usually held to be the " First Original Law of Thought.

Initially in the SA, NSKK, and SS, the rank of Gruppenführer was considered equivalent to a full general, but became regarded as equivalent to Generalleutnant after 1934.

Initially, the station ran a general entertainment format with classic sitcoms, westerns, old movies, cartoons, and a 10 p. m. newscast.

Initially, the movement can be described as part of the more general nation-building process in Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries when the multi-national Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and Ottoman Empires were being replaced by Nation States.

Initially some of these experiments were intended to include both Christian-inspired parties and more secular ones, such as SDI and PRI, but, in October 2000, only PPI, Dem, UDEUR and RI agreed to join forces in a joint list called " The Daisy " for the 2001 general election.

Initially conceived as an adjunct to the Jagd-Kommando units and placed under the command of Otto Skorzeny, the idea was later appropriated by Joseph Goebbels to represent the general rising up of the German people to defend against foreign invasion.

Initially angry with Bucks general manager Larry Harris for trading him in 2005, Mason said he was happy to be back in Milwaukee.

Initially, the card was used only for Air Canada transactions, but over time, the card was expanded into a more general credit card for business travellers, being accepted by hotels, restaurants, and other merchants.

Initially the settlers raised cattle, sheep and general crops to provide for their household.

Initially a discussion of what had gone wrong in that field, it soon turned into a general debate on the conduct of the war with fierce criticism expressed by all sides of the House.