The rumor is they eat snails ?

[fuselex]

WW1 , they held overwhelming forces .
They died in their hundreds daily .
They hoped for the politicians in far off lands to support them.
But still they would lay their lives down for their duty ,
If there is a nation that held up the german advance it is the French

[rico21]

[:)]

[rico21]

[:D]

[fuselex]

outstanding troops

[Cataphract88]

Vive la France!

[fuselex]

This man is the reason the Germans fought for so long .
Would you let him into your trench

[rico21]

Some 600,000 soldiers of the colonial troops participated in the Great War on the French side. Between 1914 and 1918, 270,000 men were recruited in North Africa, 189,000 in French West Africa and French Equatorial Africa, 49,000 in Indochina and 41,000 in Madagascar.[&o][&o][&o]

[LN59]

[:)] Thank You All for this thread.

A nice tribute to the 'Poilus'!

Honneur aux Anciens !
(Honor to the Elders!)

Post scriptum
The truth is that they are used to eating snails... and frog's legs, while drinking Chablis or Roussette du Bugey (two kinds of white wine)!

In memory of a great chef & manager, Paul Bocuse (02/11/1926 - 01/20/2018)

[rico21]

Without forgetting the foie gras accompanied by a Petit Chablis [8D]

[randy44]

Or a hamburger with french fries accompanied by a bottle of Jack Daniels...