French emperor Napoleon III "was no friend of the Union and was definitely a friend of the Confederacy and flirted with the Confederacy constantly with the possible recognition of the Confederate government, " Hayes-Bautista said.

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In 1346, a small English army of 10, 000 under Edward III defeated Philip VI's superior French forces in the battle of Crecy.

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French artist Pascal-Michel Dubois, who is based in Nelson, won the printmaking prize for Meteor III, a digital photo montage 360 degree panorama of a tree which seems to float in the air.

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He also knew the French Impressionists' paintings of expansive avenues, exquisite vistas and elegant bourgeois society that marked the stunning transformation of Napoleon III's Paris into a gleaming, modern metropolis.

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