Well depends what time your talking about but both were great nations back then and still are but England had the superior Navy while France had better leaders both are really strong but the British are more reliable because of their navy even present day so I would pick England . Hope this helped you
This started may 5th 1864 to may 7th 1864. during this battle more people were wounded um it doesn't really say what the point was but go to google and it gives you the time line
