Sorry, wrong. They beat Austria in 1859, Russia in the Crimea (more forces in the Crimea were French than English), and the First World War is a French victory. Remember the commander of the coalition was Foch.
The defeat of the French armies has never been caused by the cowardice of the poilu, but some bad generalship.
Sorry, wrong. They beat Austria in 1859, Russia in the Crimea (more forces in the Crimea were French than English), and the First World War is a French victory.Worth remembering that - in particular Verdun; where, at enormous cost, the French successfully withstood the most powerful assault in the history of warfare up to that time.