French speaking naturalists in several countries showed appreciation of the much modified French translation by Clémence Royer, but Darwin's ideas had little impact in France, where any scientists supporting evolutionary ideas opted for a form of Lamarckism.

In choosing Verdun, Falkenhayn had opted for a location where material circumstances favored a successful German offensive: Verdun was isolated on three sides and railway communications to the French rear were restricted.

Britain, France and Spain all established colonies in the present-day Southeastern U. S. Spain used missions to control the natives, the British and the French opted for trade over conversion.

Circa 2009, French athlete Guy Dupuy demonstrated the ability to perform a between-the-legs elbow hang ; however, Guy opted not to hang on the rim by his elbow, likely because the downward moment could have resulted in injury.

The French opted against storming the position and instead brought forth their howitzers, in a bid to shell the defenders into submission.

Circumstances were so dire on the French left that Bessières opted not to wait for the Guard cavalry at all and sent orders for an immediate charge.

) Rather than sweeping around them and enveloping the French armies and Paris itself from the east, Moltke opted to directly attack their reinforced positions around Nancy which ended in an unmitigated failure.

Meanwhile, the Office québécois de la langue française ( Quebec Board of the French Language ) under the Liberal provincial government has also opted for a demand-side strategy for the enforcement of language laws, using a number of publicity campaigns, including stickers which merchants may voluntarily affix on their shop windows stating that French service may be obtained within, allowing for consumers to " choose " stores which will serve them in French.

Then he opted for a career in the diplomatic service and in 1758 he was sent to the French Embassy in Lisbon and met with the Marquis de Pombal.

It was decided that all offensive actions were to be halted immediately as the French opted to fight a defence war, forcing the Germans to come to them.

Informed by his lieutenant that it would be possible to take the French by assault, he opted for a massive frontal attack.

For the 2004 season, Beloki opted to sign for the French team Brioches La Boulangère in preparation for the 2004 Tour de France.

The French army in the late seventies rejected Chobham armour as being overly specialised in its optimisation to defeat hollow charge-weapons ; it therefore opted to develop a steel perforated armour system, comparable to that on the early Leopard 2.

* Ontario, which is the home to Canada ’ s largest French-speaking minority, opted instead to enact a law ( the French Language Services Act ) which provides for services of the provincial government to be made available in certain geographically designated regions, but which does not give the French language either a symbolic or an authoritative status as an equal " official " language of Ontario.

In 2005, French luxury design house Chloé opted to open their second United States boutique at South Coast Plaza.

The French took possession of the island in 1853 at which time the native Kunies opted for the Catholic religion.

Rey's English and French were not perfect, but Friedkin discovered that Rabal spoke neither of them, and opted to keep Rey, who reprised the role in the less successful sequel, French Connection II ( 1975 ).

Prince Philip Francis, like many other members of the Confederation of the Rhine became largely a French puppet, so following Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, the Congress of Vienna opted to mediatise his realm and give it to Austria.

Following the conclusion of the war, many clubs were hesitant to follow the initiatives of the French Football Federation due to their belief that the federation were not thinking in their best interests and, instead, opted to join an initiative by Gambardella referred the Groupement des clubs autorisés.

The Indochina struggle was a war to stay out of in 1954, when Gen. Ridgway estimated it would take a minimum of 10 to 15 divisions at the outset to win a war the French were losing.

Any reputable French interne can supply you with a dozen similar instances, and I'll presently recount a case out of my own personal experience, but, for the moment, let's resume our catalogue.

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

* 1795 – War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee ( present-day Sri Lanka ) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.

At the start of World War I, thousands of the French Cuirassiers rode out to engage the German Cavalry who likewise used helmets and armour.

One of the cookbooks that proliferated in the colonies was The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy written by Hannah Glasse, wrote of disdain for the French style of cookery, stating “ the blind folly of this age that would rather be imposed on by a French booby, than give encouragement to a good English cook !” Of the French recipes, she does add to the text she speaks out flagrantly against the dishes as she “… think it an odd jumble of trash .” Reinforcing the anti-French sentiment was the French and Indian War from 1754-1764.

* 2006 – A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger ( known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF ).

As Schub runs off to warn Cora, Fay seeks out Hapgood in his hotel, and the two seduce each other in the style of a French romantic film.

The Battle of the Red Wall was marked with the total defeat of the French forces, with 5, 700 out of 6, 000 men killed.

" Bardot's book was also against miscegenation ; made attacks on modern art, which Bardot equated with " shit "; drew similarities between French politicians and weather vanes ; and compared her own beliefs with previous generations who had " given their lives to push out invaders ".

That same day Marlborough and Eugene carried out their own reconnaissance of the French position from the church spire at Tapfheim, and moved their combined forces to Münster – five miles ( 8 km ) from the French camp.

Despite heavy casualties the Prussians attempted to storm the great battery, whilst the Danes, under Count Scholten, attempted to drive the French infantry out of the copses beyond the village.

Bonaparte had sought to invade Egypt, as the first step in a campaign against British India whose ultimate aim was to drive Britain out of the French Revolutionary Wars.

With Brueys dead and his van and centre defeated, the rear division of the French fleet attempted to break out of the bay, but ultimately only two ships of the line and two frigates escaped, from a total of 17 ships engaged.

Bonaparte believed that by establishing a permanent presence in Egypt ( nominally part of the neutral Ottoman Empire ) the French would obtain a staging point for future operations against British India, possibly in conjunction with the anglophobic Tippoo Sultan of Seringapatam, that might successfully drive the British out of the war.

The French initially reported just 11 British ships, as Swiftsure and Alexander were still returning from their scouting operations at Alexandria, and so were to the west of the main fleet, out of sight.

In addition to his cannon fire, Hood called up his Marines and ordered them to fire volleys of musket shot at the deck of the French ship, driving the crew out of sight but still failing to secure the surrender from Captain Trullet.

As the sun rose at 04: 00 on 2 August, firing broke out once again between the French southern division of Guillaume Tell, Tonnant, Généreux and Timoléon and the battered Alexander and Majestic.

The remaining French vessels: the ships of the line Guillaume Tell and Généreux and the frigates Justice and Diane, formed up and stood out to sea, pursued by Zealous.

The House of Bonaparte is an imperial and royal European dynasty founded by Napoleon I of France in 1804, a French military leader who rose to notability out of the French Revolution and transformed the French Republic into the First French Empire within five years of his coup d ' état.

On February 15, 1912, several KMT members, including Chiang, murdered Tao Chengzhang, the leader of the Restoration Society, in a Shanghai French Concession hospital.

Location of the first Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in July 1921, in Xintiandi, former French Concession, Shanghai.

* Shanghai French Concession ( similar concessions in Kouang-Tchéou-Wan, Tientsin, Hankéou )

Jacques Mayol was a French national born in Shanghai, China.

Cousteau also belonged to the information service of the French Navy, and was sent on missions to Shanghai and Japan ( 1935 – 1938 ) and in the USSR ( 1939 ).

Location of the first Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in July 1921, in Xintiandi, former French Concession, Shanghai.

The Communist Party of China was founded by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao in the French concession of Shanghai in 1921 as a study society and an informal network.

Shanghai in the 1930s, with the Shanghai International Settlement and Shanghai French Concession.

The Battle of Shanghai in 1937 resulted in the occupation of the Chinese administered parts of Shanghai outside of the International Settlement and the French Concession.

* July 1 – Taiping Rebellion: French and Imperial Chinese troops defeat Taiping forces at the Battle of Shanghai.

The French agreed to transfer Xiang to the Shanghai Garrison Headquarters, under the command of General Xiong Shihui, who subjected Xiang to relentless torture and interrogation.

An illustrative example of official involvement in organized crime can be found from 1920s and 1930s Shanghai, where Huang Jinrong was a police chief in the French concession, while simultaneously being a gang boss and co-operating with Du Yuesheng, the local gang ringleader.

In 1925, French agents captured him in Shanghai and spirited him to Vietnam.

In China, he spent much of his life in the French Concession and the Shanghai International Settlement in order to pursue his writing and scholarly activities free from official harassment.

In 1915, Chen started an influential monthly periodical in the French Concession of Shanghai, The Youth Magazine ( 青年雜誌 ), which was later renamed La Jeunesse ( 新青年, literally New Youth ).

Wang continued to orchestrate politics within his regime in concert with Chiang's international relationship with foreign powers, seizing the French Concession and the International Settlement of Shanghai in 1943, after Western nations agreed by consensus to abolish extraterritoriality.

* Avenue Joffre ( now Huaihai Road ), located in the former French Concession of Shanghai, China.

Staveley decided to clear the rebels within of Shanghai in cooperation with Ward and a small French force.

In 1849, the French concession in Shanghai was established, lasting until 1946.

In China proper, French leased Guangzhouwan ( in 1898 ), and had enclaves ( concessions ) in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hankou ( now part of Wuhan ).

On August 1 Peng declared the establishment of a " Hunan Provincial Soviet Government ", with Li Lisan ( who was living in the French concession area in Shanghai ) named chairman, and Peng himself as vice-chairman.