Major newspapers and magazines in Belgium are printed monolingual either in Dutch or in French.

The decisive colonial battle for Chad was fought on April 22, 1900 at Battle of Kousséri between forces of French Major Amédée-François Lamy and forces of the Sudanese warlord Rabih az-Zubayr.

Governor Dinwiddie received orders from the British government to warn the French of British claims, and sent Major Washington in late 1753 to deliver a letter informing the French of those claims and asking them to leave.

* 1940 – World War II: 13, 000 British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.

For those used to the British / Commonwealth / American system of ranks, it is important to realise that " Major " is the senior non-commissioned rank in the French / Monegasque system, equivalent to " Sergeant-Major ".

As can be seen, in the French / Monegasque system the title ' Commandant ' replaces the title ' Major ' as used in the British / Commonwealth / American system.

To counter the French military presence in Ohio, in October 1753 Dinwiddie ordered the 21-year-old Major George Washington ( whose brother was another Ohio Company investor ) of the Virginia Regiment to warn the French to leave Virginia territory.

French regular army reinforcements arrived in New France in May 1756, led by Major General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and seconded by the Chevalier de Lévis and Colonel François-Charles de Bourlamaque, all experienced veterans from the War of the Austrian Succession.

The British under Major General John French and Colonel Ian Hamilton attacked to clear the line of communications to Dundee.

On 14 February, a cavalry division under Major General John French launched a major attack to relieve Kimberley.

Their attempt to leave Metz in order to link up with French forces at Châlons was spotted by a Prussian cavalry patrol under Major Oskar von Blumenthal.

* French — Boutet, Gérard: Pierrot and the Secret of the Fire Rocks ( 1999 ; children's book, illustrated by Jean-Claude Pertuzé ); Major, Henriette: The Vampire and the Pierrot ( 2000 ; children's book ); Tournier, Michel: " Pierrot, or The Secrets of the Night " ( 1978 ).

The French garrison of Fort Vaux, led by a Major Raynal, finally surrendered on 7 June when the defenders had run out of water.

He was sent with the regiment to America in 1754 for service in the French and Indian War under Major General Edward Braddock.

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Among the other passengers are fellow coaster Hui Fei ( Anna May Wong ), zealous missionary Mr. Carmichael ( Lawrence Grant ), inveterate gambler Sam Salt ( Eugene Pallette ), opium dealer Eric Baum ( Gustav von Seyffertitz ), boarding house keeper Mrs. Haggerty ( Louise Closser Hale ), French officer Major Lenard ( Emile Chautard ), and a mysterious Eurasian, Henry Chang ( Warner Oland ).

French Major Jean Villeneuve ( Tchéky Karyo ) helps train the militia and promises more French aid.

* Tchéky Karyo as Major Jean Villeneuve: A French soldier who trains Martin's militia, he holds a grudge against Martin for his part in the French and Indian War, but they become close friends by the war's end.

In August 1896, the new chief of French military intelligence, Lt Colonel Picquart, reported to his superiors that he had found evidence to the effect that the real traitor was a Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy.

Alfred Dreyfus was reinstated into the French Army with his prior rank of Major, and made a Chevalier of the French Légion d ' honneur in July 1906.

Five days later, during a subsequent exploration of this tunnel, U. S. Navy Commander Robert M. Ballinger and ROK Marine Corps Major Kim Hah Chul were killed in the tunnel by a North Korean explosive device.

In 1823, Major Stephen Long, a government surveyor and leader of the next official exploration expedition, produced a map labeling the area the Great American Desert.

In 1819 – 1820, Major Stephen Harriman Long led an exploration to the Rocky Mountains and the tributaries of the Missouri River, with Thomas Say appointed as zoologist.

;: Ishikawa is Section 9's information warfare and technology specialist, who often assists the Major in electronic infiltration and exploration.

President Fillmore signed a bill creating the Washington Territory, and a Commissioner of Indian Affairs ( Major Isaac Stevens of the United States Army Corps of Engineers ) was appointed to meet with the " Indians " during his exploration for railroad routes.

A small negro boy was sent into the tunnel on a tour of exploration, and by the time Major Turner and Lieutenant LaTouche gained the outside of the building, a shout from the negro announced his arrival at the terminus of the subterranean route.

Major diving exploration of the lake first occurred in 1985.

Space exploration was intended to be one of the major themes early on during the development of the game, most of which was eclipsed in the final product, save for the prior mentioned Major Tom references and several lesser story elements.

The first European exploration of the district was by Sir Thomas Mitchell, popularly known as " Major Mitchell ", in 1846.

Major Thomas Mitchell passed through here on his exploration of the interior in search of new areas suitable for agricultural developement during the 1830s.

He leaves his apartment and a cat on Earth, and becomes the expedition's leading expert on the Ancients, and is assigned to an exploration team consisting of Major John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan and Lieutenant Aiden Ford.

The first exploration by Europeans was by Major Thomas Mitchell who passed through the area in 1846.

Allied leaders of the Sicilian campaign in North Africa ; ( front row, left to right ) General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder | Arthur Tedder, General Sir Harold Alexander, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope | Andrew Cunningham, ( top row, left to right ) Harold Macmillan, Major General Walter Bedell Smith, and unidentified British officers ; 1943

Major stood for election to Parliament in St Pancras North in both general elections in 1974, but was unsuccessful.

During 1942 – 43 Philby's responsibilities were expanded to include North Africa and Italy, and he was made the deputy head of Section V under Major Felix Cowgill, an army officer seconded to SIS.

Pepsi has official sponsorship deals with three of the four major North American professional sports leagues: the National Football League, National Hockey League and Major League Baseball.

* Major sporting events cancelled in the North America included:

In 1847, Major J. Jenkins, agent for the North East Frontier, reported that the Tawang was part of Tibet.

Gretzky's jersey number 99 is only the second number ever to be retired league-wide by a major North American sports league, the other being Jackie Robinson's number 42, which was retired by Major League Baseball in 1997.

The name refers either to the constellation Ursa Major, the " Great Bear ", which is prominent in the northern portion of the celestial sphere, or to the constellation Ursa Minor, the " Little Bear ", which contains Polaris, the Pole Star, also known as the North Star .< ref >

In November 1942, Major General Patton commanded the Western Task Force of the U. S. Army, which landed on the coast of Vichy French-held Morocco in Operation Torch for the North African Campaign.

When the Allies announced the invasion of North Africa, Major General Patton suddenly found himself under the command of his former subordinate, now one star his superior.

Portrait of Major Ridge in 1834, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America.

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The Colts are a member of North American League, an independent professional league which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball.

Only three other major North American professional sports teams have accomplished this feat, the 1941 – 42 Toronto Maple Leafs, the 2004 Boston Red Sox ( from the Major League Baseball ), and the 2009 – 10 Philadelphia Flyers.

* George W. Petrie Jr., Major, United States Army ( Retired ), a Green Beret, first man on the ground on the Son Tay Raid to rescue prisoners of war held in North Vietnam in 1970 ; Caldwell County's most decorated soldier of the Vietnam war ; planned and coordinated the Evacuation of Saigon, last U. S. Army Special Forces Officer to leave South Vietnam during the Fall of Saigon, April 30, 1975 ; two time recipient of the Silver Star.

* Major Amos McLemore: Schoolteacher, Methodist pastor and one-time opponent of Southern secession from the Union, turned Confederate officer once invasion by the North was imminent, assassinated by Newton Knight

* Major women's sport leagues in North America

Major Jacob Forney Dailey of North Carolina came to Alabama in 1848 and bought land in present-day Piedmont.

Major Washington Jackson Houston owned land on the north side of the South Fork of Peachtree Creek, in what is now the North Druid Hills CDP.

He has been named MVP more times than any other player in the history of the other three North American Major Professional Leagues ( Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, and National Football League ).

In the twentieth century, North Attleborough was home at various times to the jewelry firms Jostens, the world's largest class ring manufacturer and the Balfour Company, prominent maker of championship rings including for the National Football League's Super Bowl champions and Major League Baseball's World Series ' winners.

Major Winston's son Joseph W. served in the War of 1812 and was later appointed a Major General in the North Carolina militia forces.