Jets trail red, white and blue smoke as they fly over Eiffel Tower in Paris as France celebrates its National Day July 14, 2004. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Nine Jets trail red, white and blue smoke as they fly over the Arc de Triomphe in Paris as France celebrates its National Day July 14, 2004. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

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Some 100 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's celebrated Grenadier Guards march alongside French troops during France's annual Bastille Day military parade to mark the 100 anniversary of the signing of friendship agreement, Entente Cordiale. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

French President Jacques Chirac waves to the public when the massive military parade pass by Avenue Champs-Elysees in celebration of Bastille Day in Paris, July 14. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Fireworks burst over the Eiffel Tower as France celebrates Bastille Day in Paris, July 14, 2004. The national holiday, which marks the storming of the Bastille during the French revolution, is celebrated by an annual military parade on the Champs Elysees and nationwide celebrations. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Fireworks burst over the Eiffel Tower as France celebrates Bastille Day in Paris, July 14, 2004. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

　　PARIS, July 14 (Xinhuanet) -- France celebrated Wednesday its National Day with British troops leading the massive military parade on Avenue Champs-Elysees.

　　The arrangement is intended to highlight military cooperation between the two countries since the signing of their friendship agreement, Entente Cordiale, 100 years ago.

　　A total of 102 of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's celebrated Grenadier Guards were put at the head of the annual French military parade of about 4,000 troops. Members of British Household Cavalry and the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery marched down the Avenue under the gaze of thousands of spectators.

　　The Entente cordiale agreement, signed on April 8, 1904, markedan end to centuries of fighting between France and Britain and the beginning of their World War alliance against Germany.

　　British Defence Minister Geoff Hoon hailed military cooperation with France as an element in mutual relations which is "very real and very important and which has brought our countries closer together for 100 years."

　　French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said the Entente Cordiale "sealed a common destiny for our two peoples, linked since then by blood spilled, history and common values".

　　Bastille Day on July 14 is the French National Day marking the anniversary of the French Revolution in 1789, which led to the toppling of the monarchy and the executions of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie-Antoinette. Enditem will