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French and withdrew
The French withdrew in 1867, and the government they supported quickly collapsed.
De Gaulle withdrew the French administration, with much of the French population following, which took much of the country ’ s infrastructure and large amounts of capital.
The French finally withdrew from the war with little gain but war's booty.
Though the French and the Italians were serious about Mussolini's peace plan, which called for an immediate ceasefire and a four-power conference à la Munich to consider Poland's borders, the British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax stated that unless the Germans withdrew from Poland immediately, then Britain would not attend the proposed conference.
But yellow fever and the fierce resistance of black revolutionaries destroyed the French army in what became the only successful slave revolt in history, and it withdrew its surviving troops in November 1803.
French troops withdrew from Lebanon in 1946.
The last French troops withdrew in 1946.
Keïta withdrew from the French Community and also had close ties to the Eastern bloc.
In the months preceding the formation of the Malian armed forces, the French Armed Forces withdrew from their bases in Mali.
On the other hand, at a synod convened by Louis at Tours in September 1510 the French bishops withdrew from papal obedience, and resolved, with Emperor Maximilian's cooperation, to seek the deposition of the pope.
By 1866, the French Army completely withdrew from Mexico ; Maximilian was executed by Juárez in 1867.
Two days later the French withdrew to a position near Guastalla in response to Austrian maneuvers, but one detachment of nearly 3, 000 men was surrounded and captured by the advancing Austrians.
Johnson's advance stopped at Fort William Henry, and the French withdrew to Ticonderoga point, where they began the construction of Fort Carillon ( later renamed Fort Ticonderoga after British capture in 1759 ).
After a British advance party on Fort Duquesne was repulsed on September 14, the French withdrew from Fort Duquesne, leaving the British in control of the Ohio River Valley.
After a sharp fight in which they lost 5, 000 men and 40 cannons, the French withdrew toward Sedan.
However, the British did not attack again in 1758, so the French withdrew all but a small garrison of men for the winter in November.
In keeping with the Schlieffen Plan, the Germans withdrew slowly while inflicting severe losses upon the French.
During the later 1930s, French constructors, unable to keep up with the progress of the Mercedes-Benz and Auto-Union cars in GP racing, withdrew into primarily domestic competition with large-capacity sports cars – marques such as Delahaye, Talbot and the later Bugattis were locally prominent.
Prince Charles withdrew from Alsace, unmolested by the French, who had been thrown into confusion by the sudden and dangerous illness of Louis XV at Metz.
In October the French squadron was devastated by a cyclone, losing four ships of the line and suffering heavy damage to four more, and the surviving ships withdrew.
Citing undisclosed personal reasons, Davenport withdrew from the French Open five days before the tournament began.
Exercising his first command, Gaunt dared not attack such a superior force and the two armies faced each other across a marsh for several weeks until the English were reinforced by the Earl of Warwick, at which the French withdrew without offering battle.
The French, who needed troops to fight in Algeria, completely withdrew from Vietnam by April 1956 .< ref >

French and quickly
However, precisely because the French thought the Ardennes unsuitable for massive troop movement, particularly for tanks, they were left with only light defences which were quickly overrun by the Wehrmacht.
The Germans quickly advanced through the forest, knocking down the trees the French thought would impede this tactic.
The French quickly defeated the Scottish at Baleine and established the first permanent settlements on Île Royale: present day Englishtown ( 1629 ) and St. Peter's ( 1630 ).
In fact, being sent to French Guiana as a relégué was a life sentence, and usually a short life sentence, as most of the relégués died very quickly from disease and malnutrition.
Washington quickly became a senior officer in the colonial forces during the first stages of the French and Indian War.
He quickly reached an understanding with the French and renounced all claims to their territory except the port of Calais, realizing also that nothing could be done to stop them from incorporating the Duchy of Brittany.
Germany's plan was to quickly defeat the French.
The Vichy regime flew to Germany when Paris was freed, and the interim Provisional Government of the French Republic was quickly put into place by the Free French.
In 1608 the French founded Quebec and quickly spread through the Saint Lawrence basin.
As before independence, the sedentary lifestyle of these groups made them more receptive to and useful in state formation, and they quickly came to dominate state administration, even if the Moorish groups built up by the French remained in charge of the political process.
The antipope Clement VII died at Avignon on 16 September 1394, but the French cardinals quickly elected a successor on 28 September: Cardinal Pedro de Luna, who took the name Benedict XIII.
Other nations quickly realized the capability of the new arm and by the start of French Revolutionary Wars in 1790s Austria, Hannover, Portugal, Russia, France, Great Britain and Sweden had all formed regular units of horse artillery.
All French shares were quickly sold in France.
Meanwhile, the French retreat has quickly deteriorated into a rout, and Napoleon's marshals physically force the Emperor himself to withdraw from the battlefield.
Philip quickly revived Spanish ambition ; taking advantage of the power vacuum caused by Louis XIV's death in 1715, Philip announced he would claim the French crown if the infant Louis XV died and attempted to reclaim Spanish territory in Italy, precipitating the War of the Quadruple Alliance in 1717.
French power rose quickly, conquering most of Europe by the end of the decade.
Turandot quickly spread to other venues: Rome ( Teatro Costanzi, April 29, four days after the Milan premiere ), Buenos Aires ( Teatro Colón, June 23 ), Dresden ( September 6, in German ), Venice ( La Fenice, September 9 ), Vienna ( October 14 ; Mafalda Salvatini in the title role ), Berlin ( November 8 ), New York ( Metropolitan Opera, November 16 ), Brussels ( La Monnaie, 17 December, in French ), Naples ( Teatro San Carlo, January 17, 1927 ), Parma ( February 12 ), Turin ( March 17 ), London ( Covent Garden, June 7 ), San Francisco ( September 19 ), Bologna ( October 1927 ), Paris ( March 29, 1928 ), Australia 1928, Moscow ( Bolshoi Theatre, 1931 ).
Chirac quickly earned a reputation as a champion of French farmers ' interests, and first attracted international attention when he assailed U. S., West German, and European Commission agricultural policies which conflicted with French interests.
" Embraced by young people who kept returning to see it again, the movie sold 10 million tickets and quickly became what the French call a film générationnel, a defining moment in the culture.
When World War I began, Germany invaded neutral Belgium and Luxembourg as part of the Schlieffen Plan, trying to take Paris quickly and catch the French off guard by invading through neutral countries.
It developed in 16th century England, and was quickly adopted on the Continent where it eventually became the final movement of the mature Baroque dance suite ( the French gigue ; Italian and Spanish giga ).

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