They served against locally recruited French units that had been formed for the same reasons.

The French unit could not explain why they behaved unilaterally.

Instead, he found work as an orderly for a French medical unit near the front lines.

French units of measurement (to 1795) used in France until 1795.

As a foreigner, however, he was not eligible to command a French unit.

Skirmishes were few and far between, but some French units suffered heavy losses.

Meanwhile the disembarked French units started to head for the two ports.

Djibouti has been the host country for French military units since independence.

When a French unit arrived in the area, only 900 of several thousand were still alive.

The attack hit some of the French units by mistake.