For a time it appeared that a common European army might be created, but the project for a European Defense Community was rejected by the French National Assembly in 1954.

* 1759 – Seven Years ' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French.

Johnson forced the French out of Mexico by sending an army to the border and issuing an ultimatum.

* 1813 – At the Battle of Grossbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army.

* 1809 – The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: the Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France and driven over the Danube in Regensburg.

* 1809 – Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four day campaign that ended in a French victory.

* 1677 – The French army captures the town of Cambrai held by Spanish troops.

On the same day the Austrian main army is defeated by a First French Empire Corps led by Louis-Nicolas Davout at the Battle of Teugen-Hausen in Bavaria, part of a four day campaign that ended in a French victory.

* 1522 – Combined forces of Spain and the Papal States defeat a French and Venetian army at the Battle of Bicocca.

* 1544 – French forces defeat a Spanish army at the Battle of Ceresole.

* 1809 – Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl.

The reputation of the French army also suffered badly.

Local German peasants, angry at French plundering, compounded Tallard's problems, leading Mérode-Westerloo to bemoan – " the enraged peasantry killed several thousand of our men before the army was clear of the Black Forest.

A French reconnaissance under the Marquis de Silly went forward to probe the enemy, but were driven off by Allied troops who had deployed to cover the pioneers of the advancing army, labouring to bridge the numerous streams in the area and improve the passage leading westwards to Höchstädt.

The rest of Marlborough's army, waiting in their ranks on the forward slope, were also forced to bear the cannonade from the French artillery, suffering 2, 000 casualties before the attack could even be begun.

-- An unusual flavor can be achieved by marinating the franks in French dressing or a mixture of honey, lemon juice and brown sugar prior to the picnic.

French troops were landed in order to restore order, which was achieved only after severe damage to the town.

Under Louis XIV France achieved military supremacy over its rivals, but escalating conflicts against increasingly powerful enemy coalitions checked French ambitions and left the kingdom bankrupt at the opening of the 18th century.

At the outset of Jeanne d ' Arc's appearance, the English had nearly achieved their goal of a dual monarchy under English control and the French army had not achieved any major victories for a generation.

It took nearly 10 years before a general acceptance of the origin of meteorites was achieved through the work of the French scientist Jean-Baptiste Biot and the British chemist, Edward Howard.

However, it was not until the 19th century that the French word Renaissance achieved popularity in describing the self-conscious cultural movement based on revival of Roman models that began in the late-13th century.

As of September 2012, enough funding has been achieved to enable them to translate the game into German, Spanish, French, and Italian.

Bracelet winners who first achieved fame in other fields include French actor / singer Patrick Bruel ( in 1998 ), Danish soccer player Jan Vang Sørensen ( in 2002 ) and American actress Jennifer Tilly ( in 2005 ).

Marlborough achieved a strategic victory over Villars, breaking the French Lines of Ne Plus Ultra and capturing Bouchain, but was recalled to Great Britain at the end of the year, and was replaced by the Duke of Ormonde.

LMJ, the French project, has seen its first experimental line achieved in 2002, and is due for completion in 2012.

Mistral achieved literary success with his novel Miréio ( Mireille in French ); he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1904.

The negotiations were mediated by French diplomats, who sought to prevent a complete collapse of Sweden's position on the southern Baltic coast and achieved that Sweden was to retain Wismar and northern Swedish Pomerania.

According to his memoirs written after the war, the German Chief of Staff, Erich von Falkenhayn, believed that although a major breakthrough might no longer be achieved, the French army could still be defeated if it suffered a sufficient number of casualties.

This four-month ride through enemy territory, evading French armies on the way, was a bold stroke which impressed contemporaries but achieved virtually nothing.

Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize ( April 23 1943 – September 4 1993 ) was a French actor who achieved worldwide recognition for his role as Mr. Roarke's assistant, Tattoo, in the television series Fantasy Island ( 1978 – 1984 ).

Recruited through voluntary enlistment or transfer from other regiments of men with at least two years service, the Zouaves quickly achieved the status of an elite amongst the French Army of Africa.

* The New Anticapitalist Party is founded in an attempt to unify the fractured movements of the French radical Left, and attract new activists drawing on the relative combined strength of far-left parties in presidential elections in 2002, where they achieved 10. 44 % of the vote, and 2007 ( 7. 07 %).

The French were the colonial power from 1892 till 1960, when independence was finally achieved.

The French prepared for direct administration, which they achieved on February 12, 1900.

The Gallicans briefly achieved independence for the French church, on the principle that the religion of France could not be controlled by the Bishop of Rome, a foreign power.

From Cairo, Ahmed Ben Bella ordered the liquidation of potential interlocuteurs valables, those independent representatives of the Muslim community acceptable to the French through whom a compromise or reforms within the system might be achieved.

He achieved a reputation for his work of improving the state of French manufacturing and bringing the economy back from the brink of bankruptcy.

In Europe, however, its translation into French achieved best-seller status, far outselling the American edition.

They inflicted a few resounding defeats to the French army ; the Battle of Blenheim in 1704 was the first major land battle lost by France since its victory at Rocroi in 1643.

Ferdinand provided his allies with passive support but no enthusiasm, and after he witnessed a year of resounding victories by the French, he became the first member of the coalition to give up.

The French position in the Peninsula was rendered untenable after the Battle of Bailen, a rare and resounding defeat for the French forces and an event that greatly encouraged the Austrian war party.

The resultant Battle of Marsaglia on 4 October 1693 ended in a resounding French victory.

In 1813, the 2nd Battalion took part in an expedition to the Low Countries, while back in Spain, the 1st Battalion took part in the Battle of Vittoria in which the British and Allied forces won a resounding victory over the French, as well as at the bloody Siege of San Sebastian, where the British besieged San Sebastián from July to August, after two bloody assaults by the British troops.

The first part of his intended trilogy ' Le Genre Humain ', ' Les Parisiens ' was described in Paris Match as one of the most resounding flops of French cinema.

The plan was a resounding success, leading to the French retreat from Moscow in 1812, and their ultimate defeat.