France's military took part in efforts to stop Iranian drones targeting Israel prior to this week's ceasefire, the country's ...

DRUMS BANISHED FROM THE FRENCH ARMY. Share full article. July 5, 1880. ... See the article in its original context from July 5, 1880, Page 8 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

FRENCH MILITARY ETIQUETTE. Share ... See the article in its original context from November 29, 1880, Page 3 Buy Reprints. View ... A rather curious difficulty is just now troubling the French Army.

Faction: The French Army The First World War In January 1914 the French Army had 47 divisions. The strength of the army consisted of 777,000 French and 46,000 colonial troops, in 21 regional corps.

LIKE all armies, the French army exists as the instrument of a definite policy. To appraise its effectiveness in the restless and uncertain Europe of today one must first establish the broad lines of ...

The French army says it counts 121,000 soldiers and can call up 24,000 reservists. Schill did not specifically refer to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the risk of the conflict spreading.

A French Army soldier wearing a "Ronin" testing helmet trains with an HK416 assault rifle, during the CoHoMa challenge in Beynes, west of Paris, on May 7. PHOTO: AFP.

Burkina Faso announced on Sunday that operations by the French army in the jihadist-hit West African state were officially over, after bilateral relations soured in recent months.

Myth - the French army is notorious for surrendering in times of war, giving rise to a long-standing joke about running away. Since the Middle Ages, when France became established as a country and ...

A Leclerc tank commander from the French army's 12th Cuirassiers Regiment stands next to a DNG/DCL (Dépanneur Nouvelle Génération, a recovery vehicle for the Leclerc tank) tank during the Hemex ...

A former French army chief in charge of restoring Paris's emblematic Notre-Dame cathedral following a devastating 2019 fire has died during a mountain hike, prosecutors told AFP on Saturday.