french stopped being spoken in england by the late 15th century.
when did french stop being spoken in england?
by the late 15th century
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in february 18, the french army launched operation panther iv. the objective was to find the forces of aqim and ansar dine, as the army had knowledge that jihadists were present in the tigharghâr but did not know what their defense system and the areas they intend to protect as a priority. the operation begins with a reconnaissance mission conducted by gtia 4 on in taghlit, a village used by jihadists to stock up, in the tibeggatine valley, west of the ametettai valley. the column was made up of soldiers from 1st rima, gcp from 2nd rep and 17th rgp, artillerymen from 35th rap and some tuareg guides from the malian army, about 150 men. the french entered the village of in taghlit in the morning without encountering resistance. they found only a few unarmed men who all say that the jihadists had fled for a dozen days. the paratroopers then go to a nearby wadi and discover a first abandoned logistic depot. they unearth trucks filled with shells, a ton of food, telephones, an engine, gas drums and a large generator. in the afternoon, the french pushed their recognition to the village of tabankort and camped there to spend the night. the next morning, they divided into two groups. the first, consisting of two platoons of porpoises goes north on the village of abancko where intelligence suspects the presence of an ammunition depot. the soldiers meet an old man on the spot who guides them to a stockpile of shells that the jihadists had taken over the malian army after the battle of tessalit. the second group headed for the area called the "garage" bombed by aviation on february 2. coming from the west, the french stop in front of two rocky mounds, about forty meters high, between which a vehicular passage runs eastward. veteran officers who fought in afghanistan and tuareg guides suspect an ambush and the column is moving cautiously. around 9 am, the leading vehicles were attacked by an jihadists ambush at 300 meters. a first group of a dozen fighters is located in a green zone a little further north. the soldiers retreat, take cover and half an hour later the mirage 2000 d intervene and destroy a machine gun nest. the three amx-10 rc tanks then take control of the neck between the two mounds and open fire with their 105 mm guns. despite the intensity of the fire, the jihadists do not hesitate to move short in front of the tanks, they send some rockets with rpg-7, but the range is too fair. as for the tanks, they fire with thirty explosive shells. on their side, the paratroop legionaries of the 2nd rep attack the mound on the right with the aim of controlling the dominant position and to prevent the jihadists from overflowing from the south. they seize the summit but collide with other fighters on the counter. a legionnaire is killed, hit by a bullet that ricochets on his bullet-proof vest in the armpit and reaches him in the head. he collapses and his body rushes down the slope. on the left, the paratroopers of the 17th rgp are in turn attacked by a group posted about fifty meters. returning from abancko, the porpoises of 1st rima join the fight from the north. then, at 10:45, a mirage drops a gbu on the counterpoise. in the south, the jihadists were contained. the planes remained permanently on zone, supplied by an american tanker. other mirage 2000 d, then rafale, a puma helicopter loaded with ammunition and finally, at the end of the afternoon, two tiger helicopters arrive on the scene. the clashes cease in the afternoon, after having lasted five hours. the french retreat about ten kilometers to the west, in an isolated area to spend the night there. according to the french staff, more than 20 jihadists were killed during the fighting. french defense minister jean-yves le drian mentions 25 killed. according to jean-christophe notin, most of the losses were probably inflicted by the tanks of the 1st rima. the next morning, the column returns to tessalit, but sone stay put with their tanks. then in the afternoon, general barrera decides to send two tiger helicopters from gao to check if the jihadists were still there. when the tigers arrived on the old battlefield, the two devices are extensively strafed. one of them is riddled with 21 impacts and fails to be shot. it retreats to tessalit urgently. on the ground, the tanks of the 1 strima open fire for an hour, while the second tiger, less severely hit, and destroys a pickup in the green zone. according to colonel thierry burkhard, spokesman for the staff of the armed forces, "a little less than a dozen terrorists" are "neutralized" during this day. porpoises the 1 st rima fold again and hold their area for six days without being attacked. after the fighting on 19 and 20 february and the fierce resistance of the jihadists, the french staff is now convinced that the ametettai valley is the heart of the aqim device in the adrar. from the beginning of the fighting, the intelligence intercepted dozens of calls by satellite phones or mobile phones from the valley that had remained silent until then. the french army had "founded the enemy" and it could now prepare for the offensive. after crossing the border between niger and mali at the beginning of the month, the gtia 3 leaves gao on february 20, and arrives in the adrar of the ifoghas two days later. 1800 french soldiers are present at tessalit.
battle of ifoghas