France

Posts in The Copybook tagged ‘France’

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© Jean Housen, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0.

J’Accuse Charles H. Ross

A faithful feline bides his time until two criminals are brought to justice.

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© Jonathan Cardy, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Lion and the Ant Clay Lane

Richard I thought a veteran Crusader and conqueror of Saladin could handle a few French peasants.

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The Glorious First of June Clay Lane

Admiral Lord Howe battered a French fleet far out in the Atlantic, and helped prevent the spread of bloody revolution.

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© Gerard Barrau, Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Rebel Rugby Clay Lane

The Nazi-collaborating Vichy government in France paid Rugby League the supreme compliment: they banned it.

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© João-Martinho, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Mathieu Martinel and the Drowning Soldier Clay Lane

A young French cavalry soldier took a tremendous risk to rescue a drowning man.

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Mathieu Martinel and the Blazing Barracks Clay Lane

The soldier went quite deliberately into a burning room full of gunpowder and ammunition.

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