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Advert for Paris A city of a thousand moods by the French Line Date: 1928
Advert for dolls and chocolates from Marquise de Sevigne Date: 1920s
Cartoon, The good trader. A salesman of food and other items offers a French soldier some Camembert cheese for a much lower price if he will say where the 20th Corps is
Cartoon, Two German spies. Two fat men at a table laden with food agree that its worth being spies and risking their lives, when they can eat so well. 1916
Cartoon, Hunting season. At a French border post, two German officers ask two French soldiers if the hunting season is in progress hereabouts. 1916
German private soldier accepts his situation as a prisoner with calmness and equanimity, but that the officer does not seem able to realise the sitution
Every village in France guarded at night by men asking for identification from strangers. Date: 1914
The French take the PETIT SAINT-BERNARD, the Alpine pass which gives them access to Italy Date: 24 April 1794
Beneath a tree in the forest at Vincennes Louis listens to the grievaces of his subjects. Below, the chateau de Joinville Date: 1215-1270
The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co Durham, England, is a French style chateau, housing a permanent collection of art, furniture and ceramics. Date: opened 1892
SUZANNE REICHENBERG French singer, photographed in 1883. Date: 1853 - 1924
A gentleman hands over his heavy bag of expensive French chocolates to his chauffeur on Bond Street, London. Date: 1960s
A long snouted sow plays a harp, walks on stilts and wears the fashionable French steeple-shaped headdress known as a Hennin. A style rare in England. Date: late 15th century
A French schoolboy. Date: 1850
A French schoolgirl. Date: 1851
Two French donkey-boys with their mounts : note the elaborate saddle for carrying infants. Date: 1905
Three servant girls of Pau, southern France Date: circa 1850
Man from Corsica, smoking a long pipe Date: circa 1820
Shabby-genteel Frenchman Date: 1850
Paris workman with his wife and child Date: 1850
Wife of a Paris workman, doing her housework Date: 1850
A French clerk with top hat and umbrella Date: 1850
A Jack of All Trades. Date: 1850
A woman from Normandy Date: 1850
A young woman from Bordeaux Date: 1851
A Frenchman of property in his dressing gown and slippers Date: 1850
SAN LORENZO DE LA MOUGA The French defeat the Spanish Date: 17 November 1794
A French Letard engages two German Aviatiks in the clouds Date: 1917
GABRIELLE REJANE French actress out walking Date: 1898
Second Battle of Aboukir: General Abercromby leads 5000 British troops as they disembark under heavy fire. The French force of 2000 are driven from their positions. Date: 8 March 1801
AUGUSTE RODIN (1840 - 1917), French sculptor: a satirical view Date: 1898
French knights discuss with the emissaries of the Sultan the terms whereby Louis IX, captured by the Saracens, might be ransomed and permitted to go home Date: 1250
After a siege lasting almost a year, Calais is forced to surrender to the English under Edward III : it will be more than 200 years before the French get it back again Date: 4 August 1347
At the battle of BAYLEN (Peninsula War) the French form a square, their last stand against the Spanish who utterly defeat them Date: 19 July 1808
At the battle of BAYLEN the French under Dupont are utterly defeated by the Spanish : here they are depicted making their last stand Date: 19 July 1808
Wellingtons force attack the French at CIUDAD RODRIGO, a key fortress on the Portugal- Spain frontier; after fierce fighting, the defences are overcome Date: 15 January 1812
Wellington enters Madrid, enthusiastically welcomed by most of the inhabitants who didn t much care for French rule Date: 12 August 1812
SEA FIGHT BY MOONLIGHT The French warship Venus and the British ship Ceylon take advantage of a bright moon to fight at night Date: 16-17 September 1809
BATTLE OF NEERWINDEN The Austrians inflict a severe defeat on the French revolutionary army led by Dumouriez, who is forced to evacuate Belgium Date: 18 March 1793
The populace of Cairo rise up in revolt against the French invaders, but are brutally suppressed Date: 22 October 1798
First battle of ABUKIR - Mustapha Pashas Turkish army is completely overwhelmed by a much smaller French force under Napoleon, and driven into the sea or captured Date: 25 July 1799
A Syrian army tries to divert the French siege of Acre, but they are defeated by Napoleon at the battle of MOUNT-TABOR Date: 15 April 1799
Hand to hand fighting between French and Turks at Benouth Date: 8 March 1799
BATTLE OF HOHENLINDEN A combined French and Bavarian force defeats the Austrians Date: 3 December 1800
BATTLE OF CAMPERDOWN Duncan intercepts a Dutch fleet sailing to help the French, and captures eight of the enemy vessels Date: 11 October 1797
French aristocrats volunteer to join the army of the Republic Date: circa 1792
French victory at QUIBERON - the English driven off Date: 21 July 1795
French victory at QUIBERON Date: 21 July 1795
