I haven't got a French account, young man.

On one occasion he was alarmed to discover that the French accounts showed a debit and credit entry for two million francs.

A senior Clinton Administration official did not dispute the French account of the meetings, but said that Washington would have no comment.

Between 1682 and 1729, the Natchez people used the village as their main ceremonial center, as noted in contemporary French accounts.

Although fragmentary and ambiguous, the French accounts are the only historic documents of Natchez society before 1730.

Not surprisingly, French and British accounts differ substantially in several places.

French accounts give her casualties as 15 killed and 20 wounded, including her captain.

French accounts of the battle are curiously reticent, suggesting that things had gone badly wrong.

French accounts tell a slightly different story.

This French account of the battle is confirmed by a letter from Arran to Norfolk.