Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: The French Armenian Legion , was made with the French-Armenian Agreement ( 1916 ) , was a foreign legion unit within French Army . The Armenian legion was made for the goals of the Armenian national liberation movement and was an armed unit besides the Armenian volunteer units and Armenian militia during World War I which fought against the Ottoman Empire .
Simplified: This was before the establishment of the French Armenian Legion .