"but Joffre declined, saying this would be bad for BEF morale and he worked ""well and cordially"" with Sir John. Foch told Wilson of this (5 November). French sent Captain Freddy Guest to complain to the Prime Minister, who refused to believe it, and both Asquith and Churchill wrote French reassuring letters. French went to see Foch (6 November) to thank him for his ""comradeship and loyalty"". This did not stop him writing to Kitchener (15 November) that """"au fond"", they are a low lot, and one always has to remember the class these French generals come from"". French talked"
"Comrade The term comrade is used to mean ""friend"", ""mate"", ""colleague"", or ""ally"", and derives from the Iberian Romance language term ""camarada"", literally meaning ""chamber mate"", from Latin ""camera"" ""chamber"" or ""room"". A political use of the term was inspired by the French Revolution, after which it grew into a form of address between socialists and workers. Ever since the Russian Revolution, popular culture in the Western World has often associated it with Communism. Upon abolishing the titles of nobility in France, and the terms ""monsieur"" and ""madame"" (literally, ""my lord"" and ""my lady""), the revolutionaries employed the term ""citoyen"""
"as comrade. Comrade The term comrade is used to mean ""friend"", ""mate"", ""colleague"", or ""ally"", and derives from the Iberian Romance language term ""camarada"", literally meaning ""chamber mate"", from Latin ""camera"" ""chamber"" or ""room"". A political use of the term was inspired by the French Revolution, after which it grew into a form of address between socialists and workers. Ever since the Russian Revolution, popular culture in the Western World has often associated it with Communism. Upon abolishing the titles of nobility in France, and the terms ""monsieur"" and ""madame"" (literally, ""my lord"" and ""my lady""), the revolutionaries employed the"
"Honneur et Fidélité Honneur et Fidélité (""Honour and Fidelity"") is the motto of the French Foreign Legion. It has been inscribed on Legion flags instead of the ""Honneur et Patrie"" (Honour and Fatherland) inscribed on flags of the regular French Army of the French Republic. Nevertheless, both mottos share a similar past. This motto of ""Honneur et Fidélité"" was the one written on the banners of Swiss Military units, notably the Swiss Line Infantry Regiments of the Kingdom of France during the Ancien Regime. Originally formed as the Régiment de Salis () (Swiss regiment at the service of France; 12"
"tribute with a couple of words : """"Un héros au cœur généreux et au caractère détestable, une assez bonne combinaison pour un chef """"<br> « a hero with a generous heart and a detestable character, a fairly good combination for a chief » The funeral of Pierre Paul Jeanpierre was the equivalent of a State Funeral with several honorific commemorative ceremonies. On the 31st of May; Gelma and its more than 10,000 Muslim inhabitants rendered a huge and grandiose hommage to Colonel Jeanpierre. From January to May, the legionnaires had lost 110 men, Jeanpierre was their 3rd. In 1959, the"
"De Castries: ""I'm blowing up the installations. The ammunition dumps are already exploding. Au revoir.""<br><br> Cogny: ""Well, then, au revoir, mon vieux."" (literally 'my old one', more commonly translated as 'my friend', 'my fellow' or the phrase 'old man' in a sense of friendship) By nightfall, all French central positions had been captured and Dien Bien Phu had fallen. After Indochina, Cogny went on to become a Lieutenant General. In January 1957, an assassination attempt on General Raoul Salan in Algeria was revealed to have been executed by a former French paratrooper intending to have Salan replaced by Cogny, who"
"motto of the French Republic. ""Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité"" : When our young people […] approach adult life, we shall say to them […] that real liberty cannot be exercised except under the shelter of a guiding authority, which they must respect, which they must obey […]. We shall then tell them that equality [should] set itself within the framework of a hierarchy, founded on the diversity of office and merits. […] Finally, we shall tell them that there is no way of having true brotherhood except within those natural groups, the family, the town, the homeland. The motto ""Travail, Famille,"
"Liberté, égalité, fraternité Liberté, égalité, fraternité (), French for ""liberty, equality, fraternity"", is the national motto of France and the Republic of Haiti, and is an example of a tripartite motto. Although it finds its origins in the French Revolution, it was then only one motto among others and was not institutionalized until the Third Republic at the end of the 19th century. Debates concerning the compatibility and order of the three terms began at the same time as the Revolution. It is also the motto of the Grand Orient de France and the Grande Loge de France. The first"
"slogan ""Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"" has also given an influence as natural law to the First Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: At one point the motto was put on in 1905, , on churches controlled by the French republic, rather than the Catholic Church. Some former colonies of the French Republic (such as Haiti, Chad, Niger, and Gabon) have adopted similar three-word mottos. The terms are also referred to in the film trilogy Three Colors by Krzysztof Kieślowski. Liberté, égalité, fraternité Liberté, égalité, fraternité (), French for ""liberty, equality, fraternity"", is the national motto of France and the"
"and had dropped like this to the ground...Courage, heroism, does it really exist? I am about to doubt it, since I haven't seen anything else than fear, anxiety, and despair in every face during the battle. There was nothing at all like courage, bravery, or the like. In reality, there is nothing else than terrible discipline and coercion propelling the soldiers forward"""" Dominik Richert, 1914. """"Our men have reached an agreement with the French to cease fire. They bring us bread, wine, sardines etc., we bring them schnapps. The masters make war, they have a quarrel, and the workers, the"
"at Sciences Po that he came up with the idea of the Summer Olympic Games. The Pierre de Coubertin medal (also known as the Coubertin medal or the True Spirit of Sportsmanship medal) is an award given by the International Olympic Committee to athletes who demonstrate the spirit of sportsmanship in the Olympic Games. Pierre de Frédy was born in Paris on 1 January 1863, into an aristocratic family. He was the fourth child of Baron Charles Louis de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin and Marie–Marcelle Gigault de Crisenoy. Family tradition held that the Frédy name had first arrived in France"
"that he had in fact given an interview in which he suggested he did not want Germans to participate. Coubertin later denied this. The Olympic motto ""Citius, Altius, Fortius"" (Faster, Higher, Stronger) was proposed by Coubertin in 1894 and has been official since 1924. The motto was coined by Henri Didon OP, a friend of Coubertin, for a Paris youth gathering of 1891. The Pierre de Coubertin medal (also known as the Coubertin medal or the True Spirit of Sportsmanship medal) is an award given by the International Olympic Committee to those athletes that demonstrate the spirit of sportsmanship in"
"rendered: ""Господи и владико животѹ моемѹ, духъ оунынїѧ, небрежεнїѧ, срεбролюбїѧ и празднословїѧ ѿжεни ѿ мεнε. Духъ же цѣломѹдрїѧ, смиренїѧ, терпѣнїѧ и любве дарѹй ми рабѹ твоемѹ. Ей Господи Царю, даждь ми зрѣти моѧ согрѣшенїѧ, и еже не ωсуждати брата моегω, якω благословенъ еси во вѣки. Аминь."" In English, this is: ""O Lord and Master of my life, take from me a spirit of despondency, sloth, love of money, and idle talk. But give to me, your servant, a spirit of sober-mindedness, humility, patience, and love. Yes, O Lord and King, grant me to see my own sins and not to"
"Slavʹsâ narodami mudrostʹ hranimaâ — Ta, čto k soglasiû, k miru zovët! Zdravstvuj velikoe, nesokrušimoe Naše sodružestvo, vesʹ naš narod! May our unity be for good! Let the warmth of our friendly bonds grow stronger. Let it be ever brighter and more beautiful Free Powers Power Union! Be glorified by the peoples of the wisdom of the stored - The one that agrees to the world calls! Hello, great, invincible Our community, all our people! We have the depths of centuries behind us - History of our united country. And in peace days, and in the midst of laziness We"
"officers of the French Foreign Legion and other veterans of Napoleon III's campaigns who borrowed the name from the ancient Spartan government council. Their inaugural meeting place in Toulon, Place de la Liberté, can still be visited. The Society's founding motto was, Liberté, Progrès, Etat (Liberty, Progress, State). Many of their initial concerns stemmed from specific military deficiencies they had first-hand experienced against the Prussians. Such as the quality of German Krupp howitzers relative to French artillery, the gap between railroad and railhead concentrations in France compared to Germany and Great Britain that inhibited French forces from concentrating or maneuvering"
"Engineering Arm The Engineering Arm, or l'arme du génie, is one of the arms of the French Army. The Engineering Arm's soldiers are known as sappers (""sapeurs""). Its soldiers in the Paris Fire Brigade are more specifically ""sapiers-pompiers"", and those of the Civil Security Instruction and Intervention Units are more specifically ""sapeurs-sauveteurs"". The Arm's colours are red and black, and its patron saint is Saint Barbara. The Arm's motto is """"Parfois détruire, souvent construire, toujours servir!"""", meaning ""Sometimes to destroy, often to build, always to serve!"" The Engineering Arm is divided into three main services: In addition, the 25th Air"
"fight against you! To arms, citizens ... Frenchmen, as magnanimous warriors, Bear or hold back your blows! Spare those sorry victims, For regretfully arming against us. ""(repeat)"" But these bloodthirsty despots, These accomplices of Bouillé, All these tigers who mercilessly Tear apart their mother's breast! To arms, citizens ... Sacred love of the Fatherland, Lead, support our avenging arms Liberty, cherished Liberty, Fight with thy defenders! ""(repeat)"" Under our flags may victory Hurry to thy manly accents, So that thy expiring enemies See thy triumph and our glory! To arms, citizens ... We shall enter the (military) career When our"
"on one of the three political ideals in the motto of the French Republic: liberty, equality, fraternity. As with the treatment of the Ten Commandments in ""Dekalog"", the illustration of these principles is often ambiguous and ironic. As Kieślowski noted in an interview with an Oxford University student newspaper, “The words [""liberté, egalité, fraternité""] are French because the money [to fund the films] is French. If the money had been of a different nationality we would have titled the films differently, or they might have had a different cultural connotation. But the films would probably have been the same.” The"
"As the Foreign Legion is composed of soldiers of different nationalities and backgrounds, it needed to develop an intense ""esprit de corps"", which is achieved through the development of camaraderie, specific traditions, the loyalty of its legionnaires, the quality of their training, and the pride of being a soldier in an élite unit. The ""Legionnaire's Code of Honour"" is the Legion's creed, recited in French only. In contrast to all other French Army units, the motto embroidered on the Foreign Legion's regimental flags is not ""Honneur et Patrie"" (Honour and Fatherland) but ""Honneur et Fidélité"" (Honour and Fidelity). ""Legio Patria"
"""Госпадзе і Ўладару жыцьця майго, духа ленасьці, нуды, уладалюбства і марнаслоўя ня дай мне. Духа чысьціні, пакоры, цярплівасьці і любові дай мне, слузе Твайму. Так, Госпадзе Ўладару! Дай мне бачыць мае правіны і не асуджаць брата майго, бо Ты блаславёны на вякі вякоў. Амін."" In the Latin orthography: ""Hospadzie i Ŭładaru žyćcia majho, ducha lenaści, nudy, uładalubstva i marnasłoŭja nia daj mnie. Ducha čyścini, pakory, ciaplivaści i lubovi daj mnie, słuzie Tvajmu. Tak, Hospadzie Ŭładaru! Daj mnie bačyć maje praviny i nie asudžać brata majho, bo Ty błasłaviony na viaki viakoŭ. Amin."" ""Herra, minun elämäni valtias! Estä minusta laiskuuden, velttouden,"
"after his arrival. The person he meets is an ""ambassador of the human spirit"". The ambassador is too busy to talk, saying he is searching for a missing six letter word: ""I am looking for a six-letter word that starts with G that means 'gargling',"" he says. Saint-Exupéry's text does not say what the word is, but experts believe it could be ""guerre"" (or ""war""). The novella thus takes a more politicized tack with an anti-war sentiment, as 'to gargle' in French is an informal reference to 'honour', which the author may have viewed as a key factor in military"
"be lost in the waste expanse, and boundless, barren ocean of the homicide philanthropy of France. It is no longer an object of terrour, the aggrandizement of a new power, which teaches as a professor that philanthropy in their chair; whilst it propagates by arms, and establishes by conquest, the comprehensive system of universal fraternity. In what light is all this viewed in a great assembly? The party which takes the lead there has no longer any apprehensions, except those that arise from not being admitted to the closest and most confidential connexions with the metropolis of that fraternity. That"
"the insignia and the symbols of the French Foreign Legion: red and green colors with a grenade with seven flames in its center. The specialty of the regiment is symbolized by the ""pot en tête"" (metal military helmet) and armor used by sergeants at arms in the 13th century and later worn by pionniers sapeurs. The number of the regiment is indicated in the grenade underneath the armor while the motto of the regiment is inscribed to the left and right of the hexagon. Chant de Marche : Sapeurs, mineurs et bâtisseurs <poem> 1er couplet Sixième étranger d’infanterie. Refrain Sapeurs,"
"Stoic ideal of cosmopolitanism, according to which all men have a natural kinship with all other men and need to ""contribute to the general good by an interchange of acts of kindness (""officia""), by giving and receiving."" The motto is used by numerous organisations, including the United States Army 1st Maintenance Company and schools including Massanutten Academy, Pennthorpe School, Lower Canada College, University College, Durham, University of Victoria's St. Joseph School of Nursing, Washburn University, Willamette University and Camp Kanawana, a YMCA camp north of Montreal, Quebec. It is the motto of the Baron Haden-Guest and appears in the Baron's"
"hardly form a conception. One of them is the mutual jealousy of almost all the French officers, particularly against those of higher rank than the rest. These people think of nothing but their incessant intrigues and backbitings. They hate each other like the bitterest enemies, and endeavor to injure each other wherever an opportunity offers. I have given up their society, and very seldom see them. La Fayette is the sole exception; I always meet him with the same cordiality and the same pleasure. He is an excellent young man, and we are good friends ... La Fayette is much"
"Gavroche lives by his wits and shows kindness to everyone he encounters. In his view, as Javert embodies rigor and order, Gavroche represents the unruly, eccentric, and imaginative. Victor Brombert sees Gavroche as the embodiment of Hugo's themes of ""the political implications of popular speech and popular laughter. The people of Paris are like this irrepressible child, with a ""grim love of freedom and courage"" but still in need of education and political formation. John Frey says that Gavroche possesses ""a Gallic spirit (l'esprit gaulois), unknown to the more serious child outcasts found in the novels of Charles Dickens, little"
"The Legion Pionniers distinguish themselves by their specific and unique dress uniform : Chant de Marche : Nous sommes tous des volontaires featuring: <poem> Nous sommes tous des volontaires, Les gars du 1er étranger, Notre devise est légendaire, Honneur Fidélité - Fidélité, Marchons légionnaires, Dans la boue, dans le sable brûlant, (bis) Marchons l'âme légère, (bis) Et le cœur vaillant, (bis) Marchons légionnaires. (bis) Nous marchons gaiement en cadence, Malgré le vent malgré la pluie, Les meilleurs soldats de la France, Sont là devant vous, les voici. Partout où le combat fait rage, L'on voit le 1er étranger, Exemple d'héroïsme,"
"the road of honour, that there is no more beautiful title in the world than that of French soldier, and that these noble fanions floating at the tip of your bayonettes are unfortunately your fatherland."" Honneur et Fidélité Honneur et Fidélité (""Honour and Fidelity"") is the motto of the French Foreign Legion. It has been inscribed on Legion flags instead of the ""Honneur et Patrie"" (Honour and Fatherland) inscribed on flags of the regular French Army of the French Republic. Nevertheless, both mottos share a similar past. This motto of ""Honneur et Fidélité"" was the one written on the banners"
"pela minha honra por amar e servir fielmente à minha religião e à minha terra, auxiliar o próximo, obedecer à Lei do Escoteiro."" English translation: On my honour, I promise that I will do my best to my Country, to Macau, and to my religion, to help other people and to keep the Scout Law. Each Group is headed by a Group Scout Leader and assisted by an Assistant Group Scout Leader. The emblem of the Scouting Association of Macau is based on Macau colonial past. A gold fleur-de-lis shared with the symbol of world Scouting movement. Within the fleur-de-lis"
"in a sortie against the Bois du Tilleul, but troops sent out to help mistakenly fired on their own friends and the French were compelled to retreat. The Coalition established batteries of 20 24-pound cannons against the town. After the Coalition army opened its bombardment on the night of 14 October, the morale of the garrison sank. When some soldiers complained to Chancel that they were hungry and tired he replied, ""Listen young men, it takes a lot of work and privation in order to gain the honor to fight and die for your country."" Representative Jean-Baptiste Drouet tried to"
"each other's tactics. As a Royal Navy officer said to the French corsair Robert Surcouf ""You French fight for money, while we British fight for honour."", Surcouf replied ""Sir, a man fights for what he lacks the most."" According to one story, a French diplomat once said to Lord Palmerston ""If I were not a Frenchman, I should wish to be an Englishman""; to which Palmerston replied: ""If I were not an Englishman, I should wish to be an Englishman."" According to another, upon seeing the disastrous British Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War against Russia, French"
"on our thunder - in battle shakes the earth<br> Give me liberty or give me death<br> We’re Patriots until the end<br> We’re changing the history of war Shield: Azure, three bendlets sinister Argent, a round shot Proper. On a canton Tenné, the headdress of the dragoons of 1836 Proper (for the 2nd Cavalry).<br> Crest: On a wreath of the colors Argent and Azure a Cavalry saber Or and a 75 mm fixed ammunition Proper in saltire.<br> Motto: DUTY, THE SPIRIT OF ’76. Shield: The regiment was organized in 1917 from the 2nd Cavalry as the 18th Cavalry, changed to the"
"group of French musketeers named Athos, Porthos, Aramis and d'Artagnan who stayed loyal to each other through thick and thin. On November 30, 2002, in an elaborate but solemn procession, six Republican Guards carried the coffin of Dumas from its original interment site in the Cimetière de Villers-Cotterêts in Aisne to the Panthéon. The coffin was draped in a blue-velvet cloth inscribed with the motto. Switzerland has no ""official"" motto defined in its constitution or legislative documents. The phrase, in its German (""Einer für alle, alle für einen""), French (""un pour tous, tous pour un""), Italian (""Uno per tutti, tutti"