British troops lead Bastille Day parade.BRITISH troops led France's annual Bastille Day parade for the first time yesterday to celebrate the centenary of the Entente Cordiale Entente Cordiale: see Triple Alliance and Triple Entente. Entente Cordiale (French; “Cordial Understanding”) (April 8, 1904) Anglo-French agreement that settled numerous colonial disputes and ended antagonisms between Britain -- the historic pact ending centuries of warring and hostility. Wearing bearskin hats and scarlet tunics, members of the Queen's Grenadier Guards The Grenadier Guards is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards. led 4, 000 troops from both countries down the Champs Elysees in the holiday commemorating the French Revolution. Crowds watched from the pavements as 300 military vehicles drove past and military jets trailed blue, white and red smoke, the colours of the French flag, across a cloudless sky. French President Jacques Chirac observed the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. from a grandstand. Bastille Day commemorates the storming of Paris's Bastille prison by angry crowds in 1789, sparking off the French Revolution that got rid of its monarchy. CAPTION(S): The Queen's Company 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards lead the way |
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