I’m giving the French the benefit of the doubt here too.
We give them a hard time, but they have a long and proud military tradition. I don’t see them truckling like the Spanish to the savages.
Besides helping to save our bacon at our beginning, the vocabulary of warfare and the military include many words of French origin (battalion, dragoon, soldier, marine, grenadier, guard, officer, infantry, cavalry, army, artillery, corvette, musketeer, carabineer, pistol, fusilier, squad, squadron, platoon, brigade, corps, sortie, reconnaissance/reconnoitre, surveillance, rendezvous, espionage, volley, siege, terrain, troop, camouflage, logistics, accoutrements, bivouac, aide-de-camp, legionnaire, morale, esprit de corps. See also military ranks: sergeant, lieutenant, captain, colonel, general, admiral.
I’m giving the French the benefit of the doubt here too.
We give them a hard time, but they have a long and proud military tradition. I don’t see them truckling like the Spanish to the savages.
Besides helping to save our bacon at our beginning, the vocabulary of warfare and the military include many words of French origin (battalion, dragoon, soldier, marine, grenadier, guard, officer, infantry, cavalry, army, artillery, corvette, musketeer, carabineer, pistol, fusilier, squad, squadron, platoon, brigade, corps, sortie, reconnaissance/reconnoitre, surveillance, rendezvous, espionage, volley, siege, terrain, troop, camouflage, logistics, accoutrements, bivouac, aide-de-camp, legionnaire, morale, esprit de corps. See also military ranks: sergeant, lieutenant, captain, colonel, general, admiral.
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Add to your list BAYONET, MATERIEL, CONVOY, and several others.