XEE4183290 The French landed on the Minquiers Islands (archipelago of islands in the English Channel) and claimed the lands as French territory in front of the British official who had settled there wishing to annex the islands to the British crown of George V. Engraving in ??????Le petit Journal Illustre?? on 4/08/1929 by Anonymous; Private Collection; (add.info.: The French landed on the Minquiers Islands (archipelago of islands in the English Channel) and claimed the lands as French territory in front of the British official who had settled there wishing to annex the islands to the British crown of George V. Engraving in ??????Le Pepetit Journal Illustre?? on 4/08/1929 (1929). Private collection.); Stefano Bianchetti; out of copyright.