As much as I love the father of our country, best not to mention George's role in that one, which was to do his best immitation of the French by immediatly surrendering to them.
In all fairness (not that they deserve it) the French did have a kick-ass army a couple of hundred years ago. But then again, Napoleon was technically not French.
The French have a kick-ass army today. The myth of French cowardice is as inaccurate as the myth of German efficiency.