The title is a reference to the Entente Cordiale, a series of 1904 cooperation agreements between Britain and France, although the opera itself is set at the end of World War I.

[4] Its first fully staged public performance was at the Theatre Royal, Bristol on 20 October 1926,[5][6] with the City of Birmingham Orchestra conducted by Smyth.

[10] It was also recorded in 2003 by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra for the album Entente Cordiale: Light Classics (White Line #2147).

The Adjutant sends Erb Iggins to the market to buy provisions for the battalion, ordering him to get signed receipts.

Hoping that a written explanation in French will persuade her, Erb goes with Bill Baylis to ask the town's notary public to provide one.

Marital harmony is re-established after Jeanne explains her apparent delight was only a joke, and Bill realises that Erb confused the notary by insistently mispronouncing poulet ("chicken") as "pool", which sounded like a term of endearment (poule).