During one of this country's defeats, the opposing commander claimed, "Now 
During one of this country's defeats, the opposing commander claimed, "Now we have them in the mousetrap"; this country formed the Government of National Defence in response to their loss at that battle. This country's forces tortured members of the FLN and outnumbered, but still lost to, Ignacio Zaragoza's army at Puebla. This nation's army mortally wounded James Wolfe in a battle they later surrendered on the Plains of Abraham. A guerrilla army, under Vo Nguyen Giap, made this colonial power leave Asia at Dien Bien Phu. For 10 points, name this European military power whose loss at Sedan left it unable to defend Paris.
During one of this country's defeats, the opposing commander claimed, "Now we have them in the mousetrap"; this country formed the Government of National Defence in response to their loss at that battle.
France [or French Second Empire; or French Fourth Republic]