Sentence examples for french contingent from inspiring English sources

There are about 4,000 troops in the French contingent of the NATO-led international force.

He gets a huge cheer, so there's obviously a large French contingent here.

Even Arsenal's French contingent gets a rest when Arsène Wenger rotates the team.

Few among the French contingent will have been more disappointed than Garcia.

British troops, supported by dozens of tanks and assisted by a French contingent, assaulted German trenches on 31 July.

Movistar have Giovanni Visconti in there, while Arnaud Gerard, Christophe Riblon and Amaël Moinard join Voeckler as the French contingent.

Neither the American nor the French contingents on Russian soil engaged in combat, and they were withdrawn after the Armistice.

Philip Augustus led French contingents on the most fully international of the great Crusades (1190 91), although, having once demonstrated his energy in that work of piety, he could not afterward be persuaded to renew his vow.

The US, German, Dutch and French contingents in Sfor started carrying out their own capture operations and the restrictive rules of engagement, ignored anyway by the SAS in Operation Tango, were relaxed, allowing the troops to go hunting for suspects.

It was decided that the Australian and New Zealand troops would take part in the operation, although they were outnumbered by the British, Indian and French contingents, a fact which is often overlooked today by many Australians and New Zealanders.

Gaveston had played a key role at Edward's coronation, provoking fury from both the English and French contingents about the earl's ceremonial precedence and magnificent clothes, and about Edward's apparent preference for Gaveston's company over the Isabella's at the feast.