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	Flag of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The national flag of France is known to English speakers as the French tricolor (American English), the French tricolour (British English), or the tricolore.
		An accident where French regiments attacked each other at the Battle of Fleurus in 1690 led to the habit of attaching a white scarf to the flags of the regiments -- white being the colour of the kings of France.
		The French National Convention adopted the modern blue-white-red flag as the national flag on February 15, 1794 (27 pluviôse an.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_France (906 words)

	French Southern Territories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The French Southern Territories (long name: Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, French: Territoire des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises or Terres australes et antarctiques françaises or T.A.A.F. or TAAF) are antarctic, volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean, south of Africa and about equidistant between Africa, Antarctica, and Australia.
		Each district is headed by a district chief, which has powers similar to those of a French mayor (including recording births and deaths and being a officer of judicial police).
		Several countries do not recognize the French claim to "Adélie Land", and France's territorial claim is suspended in accordance with the provisions of the Antarctic Treaty.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_Southern_Territories (760 words)

	Ensign - Psychology Central
		In nautical use, an ensign in the form of a flag is usually flown at the stern of a ship or boat to indicate its nationality.
		Ensigns may also be flown from the gaff of a ship, and may be shifted to the yardarm when the ship is underway, where it is known as a steaming ensign.
		In heraldry, an ensign is the ornament or sign, such as the crown, coronet or mitre, borne above the charge or arms.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Ensign (358 words)

	First Highland Regiments in America
		With an inferior force the French had been successful at every point, and besides having obtained complete control of Lakes George and Champlain, the destruction of Oswego gave the dominion of those lakes, which are connected with the St. Lawrence, to the Mississippi, thus opening a direct communication between Canada and the southwest.
		The plan of campaign on the part of the French appeared to have been to embarrass Amherst by retarding the advance of his army, but not to hazard any considerable engagement, nor to allow themselves to be so completely invested as to cut off all retreat.
		The French ministers consoled themselves for the Peace of Paris by the reflection that the loss of Canada was a sure prelude to the independence of the colonies.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/highlands/chapter11.htm (10823 words)

	Flags of Canada, Chronology
		Ensigns, to be flown at the stern of a ship, were introduced at sea about this time so individual ships could be recognized.
		In the early ensigns, the field was often multi-coloured strips with St. George's or St. Andrew's cross in the canton depending on whether used by English or Scottish vessels.
		All of these informal five-province red ensigns also included the motif of the wreath and crown from the flag of the Governor General, but none showed the beaver that was ubiquitous on the seven-province ensigns.
	fraser.cc /FlagsCan/Appendicies/Chronology.html (3940 words)

	Ensigns
		The merchantman's ensign, it specified, was to be the Red Ensign with the Saint George's cross in the canton.
		While allowing the ensign defaced with the Canadian badge to be used in addition to the plain one was certainly a step in the right direction, this was hardly the independent use of the flag that Canada wanted.
		The badge it displayed for both the Blue and Red Ensigns was identical to the badge on the flag of the governor general, despite the fact that the badge, sought and approved for the Blue Ensign a year before, had been the quartered provincial arms unadorned by either wreath or crown.
	fraser.cc /FlagsCan/Nation/Ensigns.html (9955 words)

	France: Regulations on the use of ensigns and flags at sea
		The national ensign shall be hoisted on stern or mizzen horn.
		The national ensign shall always be hoisted when house flag or pennant is hoisted.
		French merchant vessels sailing within floating signal reach of a French war vessel, at sea or in a port or harbour, shall hoist their house flag and salute the war vessel using the national ensign.
	www.fotw.net /flags/fr~law.html (317 words)

	Degree Miniatures
		The French besieging forces had constructed a network of entrenchments made of earth and gabions some 200 metres away from Poto Ferrajo which was itself defended by bastions and a ditch.
		The French were in possession of the island of Elba, with the exception of the capital, Porto Ferrajo, which was defended by a small English garrison.
		The French admitted a loss of 60 or 70 killed and wounded; the loss on the English side amounted to a total of 24 officers and men killed and wounded, among the latter being Ensigns Bartoli and Arena, of the Maltese Regiment.
	www.degreeminiatures.com /british/mli.html (3722 words)

	Glossems on Historical Events: The English and French Regiments at Louisbourg: 1758.
		It was lieutenants Hopkins and Brown and Ensign Grant of the 35th which gained the first footing on the beach which encouraged the rest to come in.
		For the reader's edification we have scanned in a picture of a French Soldier, which while one of the Reine, is one that would look much like one of the Cambis.
		In addition, there was 700 "burgher militia," a band of Indians and the crews of the French fleet which had managed to get into the harbour.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/Gloss/RegimentsLouisbourg1758.htm (1404 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - Feature - Ensigns made simple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The first ensign appeared at sea in about 1574, and when the English fleet sailed to meet the Armada the ships were clearly distinguished by big, bold ensigns at their sterns.
		Striped ensigns lasted into the early years of the Stuart period, with more and more stripes of more and more fancy colours, more "foppish", as was the dress of those times.
		To begin with, the blue ensign denoted the second squadron in seniority in the fleet, and the white ensign the third, but the red, white and blue order was established in 1653.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2000/0006/1000062904.asp (520 words)

	Which ensign should I fly? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ensigns may also be flown from the gaff of a ship, and may be shifted to the yardarm when the ship is underway.
		In British maritime law and custom, the ensign proper to a British ship is one of several flags with a red, white or blue field, with the Union Flag in the canton (the upper corner next the staff), known as the red, blue and white ensigns respectively.
		The Blue Ensign undefaced is worn masters of vessels in possession of a warrant issued by the Director of Naval Reserves, and by the members of certain yacht clubs.
	www.sea-dreamer.com /page.asp?pagename=ensign (832 words)

	FRANCE ANCIENT
		French infantry and artillery regiments of the Royal Army carried two flags: a Colonel's Color and a drapeau d'ordonnance (flag of regulation).
		French infantry and artillery colors were made of silk and measured about 1.8 meters square.
		The naval ensign was the white flag strewn with gold fleurs-de-lis, and the royal flag was also used at sea when the King or a member of his family was present.
	tmg110.tripod.com /france1.htm (737 words)

	HEARTS OF OAK
		In 1702, at a time when France was replacing the Dutch as England's principal naval rival, the White Ensign was modified by the addition of a broad Cross of St. George to distinguish it from the white ensigns of the French Navy.
		An ensign with horizontal red-white-red stripes and a small canton of the Cross of St. George was used briefly in 1702.
		In that year, the Union Jack and the White Ensign were reserved for the Royal Navy, the Blue Ensign was reserved for the use of qualified Royal Naval Reserve officers in command of merchant ships, and the Red Ensign became the British merchant ensign.
	tmg110.tripod.com /british1.htm (1070 words)

	1000Countries.com: French Guiana I: french guiana, FRENCH GUIANA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		French Guiana, lying north of Brazil and east of Suriname on the northeast coast of South America, was...
		French Guiana is situated on the northeast coast of South America and is bordered by Brazil and by Suriname to...
		French Guiana Population - 1900: 33,000 - 1952: 35,000 - 2000: 172,000...
	www.1000countries.com /countries_of_the_world/french_guiana_1.html (2296 words)

	France
		The French National Convention adopted as national flag the three colours blue, white, red on 15 February 1794 - or more exactly, on 27 pluviôse an II in the revolutionary calendar.
		The proportions of vertical stripes on the French flag when used at sea as the civil or naval ensign or jack are 30:33:37, to give a good visual effect when flying, and therefore called optical proportions.
		The Tricolore ensign was adopted by decree dated 27 pluviôse an II (15 February 1794) and by decree dated 7 March 1848.
	www.fotw.net /flags/fr.html (874 words)

	Tunisia under French Administration
		This seems consistent with French custom in their overseas possessions, though it seems also that all these flags are very seldom well documented and that sometimes at least they are "wishful thinking" or are patterns very rarely used.
		But if the territory was French, you can discover that a particular class was in use in a certain territory in a given period, but they never say on what line, and if the territory covered more than one colony (like French West Africa) they don't even indicate which colony the locos were used in.
		Thus DK Pocket Book's statement regarding the Tunisian flag saying, "during the French Administration (1881-1957) it became a sea flag, with the French tricolore in the canton" is most probably wrong, and a mix-up with Morocco as I guessed in the first place.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/tn-fr.html (1022 words)

	The Maple Leaf Forever (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		"The Red Ensign with the Shield of the Coat of Arms of Canada in the Fly (hereinafter referred to as 'The Canadian Red Ensign') may be flown from buildings owned or occupied by the Federal Government within or without Canada...
		It represents both the British and French settlers, the latter mostly from France.
		The fleur de lis symbolizes the early French settlers of Canada, who brought this as an emblem of a royalist not a republican France.
	www.canadafirst.net /maple_leaf_forever (713 words)

	blogrunner: Inside French Housing Project, Feelings of Being the Outsiders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He and his neighbors in one of France's now-notorious housing projects say that they feel cut off from French society, a result of a process of segregation lasting for decades, and that alienation and pressure from the police have now exploded in rage across the country.
		The London Fog is mostly about blogging municipal politics but takes a moment to recall Remembrance Day in the oddest way of all the Red Ensigns with a story relating how he can sympathize with vets providing recreational drugs for their pets.
		The French were poor imperialists, colonists and now are victims of their own arrogance and excess.
	annotatedtimes.blogrunner.com /snapshot/D/8/3/437169AD048CAE3E (6167 words)

	Painting Napoleonic ships
		French ships were painted in various forms using fl with red stripes or different shades of yellow (dominant color).
		This will also allow your French ships to switch from the Bourbon White ensign to the Revolutionary Tricolor, depending on what year it is. (Some people assert that the frequency with which the royalist French surrendered caused the white flag to become associated with surrender or truce flag).
		The field of the ensign and the pennant was in the squadron color of the admiral commanding - red, white, or blue.
	www.larsonweb.com /Transfer/Miniatures/Sail/NAPSHIPS.htm (3732 words)

	LRB \| Jeremy Harding : Short Cuts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		French corporate interests are close to the heart of the current conflict in Côte d'Ivoire.
		But the French position on the Iraq war is not another bit of Empire debris.
		De Gaulle's mistrust of Nato, his interest in the non-aligned movement, his sympathy with Cuba and his criticism of the American war in Vietnam have a few echoes in Chirac's take on a second resolution, but they're very faint.
	www.lrb.co.uk /v25/n07/print/hard01_.html (739 words)

	Engl202 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is possible that they used their white flag with the family arms on it, it is probable that starting since 1562 the red cross on white background, the well known Leghorn ensign of many flag plates, was hoisted by the ships in the harbour.
		It was the official red / white / red ensign with the full arms of Tuscany, to which a canton was added displaying the former flag of Elba (the white one, with the band and bees).
		Finally, Elba still uses the flag of Napoleon as its particular ensign and the same pattern is part of the coat of arms of the Province of Leghorn and a number of Elba municipalities.
	www.cisv.it /giallo/engl202.html (2596 words)

	French ship makes official port call (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Naval Academy midshipmen are going to mingle with representatives of the French navy and of the French political and diplomatic communities on quite a few occasions in March.
		He went on a French training cruise two years ago and will now be meeting some of the same people that he served with on that cruise.
		Degans expects the French midshipmen to be shocked at the size of the U.S. Naval Academy.
	www.dcmilitary.com /navy/trident/9_10/features/28054-1.html (764 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Southwest of the Menomonies the restless Sauks and Foxes, ever dreaded by the French, held the passes from Green Bay and Fox river to the Mississippi.
		They were visited by French travellers as early as 1624, and now, although much reduced in numbers, they still occupy the same-country that they did then.
		Three of their tribes, the Quap-pas or Arkansas, the Osages, and the Kansas, who inhabit the country south of the Missouri, were the first seen by the French in 1673, and always remained in alliance with them.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /master/rbc/rbfr/0009/00740062.txt (575 words)

	french flag at Business.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Geographical and political facts, flags and ensigns of French Guiana.
		Learn about the French tricolor flag, its colors and their meanings.
		In 1604, the field of the French flag was changed from blue to white.
	www.business.com /popular/french_flag (303 words)

	french polynesia flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Official name: Territory of French Polynesia Flag description: two narrow red horizontal bands encase a wide white band; centered on the white band is a disk with blue and white wave pattern on the...
		French Polynesia (French : Polynésie française, Tahitian : Porinetia Farani) is a French "overseas...
		Makatea in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean...
	www.best-flags.info /frenchpolynesiaflag (264 words)

	INCLUSIVE ORTHODOX CHURCH - Crest & Heraldry Among Bishops
		The crosier, miter (Latin: mitra pretiosa) of gold and red (French: or et gules) with attached orphreys (Italian: auriphrygiata) or gold-fringed side-flaps (Latin: infulae), and the primatial or patriarchal cross behind in pale the shield are the episcopal ensigns of a bishop.
		Chevron-in-chief is blue (French: azure) surmounting a field of gules, and at the center of the chevron (chief point middle) is garnished a fleur-de-lys.
		Sunrise in full splendor (French: flamant assurgent) symbolizes the light of the risen Christ, as that joy found in the message of orthodox Christianity, while the or et gules sun colors are meant to honor the peoples of the Americas and both Hawaii and all of Polynesia.
	www.inclusiveorthodox.org /crestbio.html (571 words)

	Tunisia - Historical Flags
		In 1881 Tunisia became a French protectorate, but the flag may be older than that as Tunisia was de facto independent from the Ottomans entirely since 1871 and even before that much autonomy was practiced since before 18th century.
		Tunisia was nominally under Ottoman rule from 1574 to 1881 (French military intervention).
		), ensigns with six horizontal white and red stripes or with green and red stripes were reported as soon as 1756.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/tn-hist.html (1298 words)

	Omoo by Herman Melville: Chapter XXIX. The Reine Blanche
		The ratanning of the young culprits, although significant of the imperfect discipline of a French man-of-war, may also be considered as in some measure characteristic of the nation.
		The greatest pains having been taken in her construction, she was accounted the "crack" craft in the French navy.
		In exchanging naval courtesies, I have known a French band play "Yankee Doodle" with such a string of variations that no one but a "pretty 'cute" Yankee could tell what they were at.
	www.online-literature.com /melville/omoo/29 (1149 words)

	Elizabethan Heraldry: Garter King of Arms
		It is only known from later versions in French and Latin, but it is uncertain whether the original was in English, French, or Latin.
		bearing ensigns, born within the Kingdom of England, and to be superior to all the other Officers of Arms, who are subject to the noble Crown of England.
		Within the quire of the said Chapel, while the solemnities are performed, before the Kings stall shall be placed two seats, one before the other, in whereof shall sit the Prelate and the Chancellor or the Order, in the other the Register, the King of Arms, and the Usher.
	renaissance.dm.net /heraldry/garter.html (872 words)

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