France
There is no exact equivalent of lance corporal in the French Army. The rank would fall between soldat de 1ere class (private 1st class) and caporal (corporal) or brigadier (cavalry corporal).
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Famous quotes containing the word france:
“I shall not bring an automobile with me. These inventions infest France almost as much as Bloomer cycling costumes, but they make a horrid racket, and are particularly objectionable. So are the Bloomers. Nothing more abominable has ever been invented. Perhaps the automobile tricycles may succeed better, but I abjure all these works of the devil.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)
“It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.”
—Anatole France (1844–1924)