The four-day Battle of Leipzig would be the largest and bloodiest battle in European history before the First World War, and ...
In 1809, with Napoleon and his best troops bogged down in Spain, Austria decided to try to get revenge for her humiliation at ...
His battle plan was simple ... The first time in the whole history of the Napoleonic wars the Guard was seen to falter and then eventually fall back, shouting "Sauve qui peut." ...
This intro to the Napoleonic Battles series is a snippet of the content covered in Campaign Waterloo.This content represents some good focused actions allowing players to get into the meat of the ...
Prussia's army had been feared throughout Europe since the days of Frederick the Great, but in just 5 weeks of 'Napoleonic Blitzkrieg', the French Emperor showed that those days were long gone.
and exhilarating battle sequences to produce one of the best films about the Napoleonic Wars ever made. Supported by an experienced cast, the film features a young Christopher Plummer as Napoleon ...
Napoleon brings his war against Russia and Prussia to an end with victory at Friedland, leading to the famous Tilsit conference, after which Napoleon stood at the peak of his power.
At the time of the Napoleonic Wars, at the beginning of the 19th Century, naval battles around the world resulted in French prisoners of war being brought to England. The five headstones sit at ...
Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars invented Britain’s first brass bands earlier than previously thought ...
Chris Van Houts/Waterloo Uncovered Skeletons from the Napoleonic wars are not often found The Battle of Waterloo, fought on 18 June 1815, marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars. A French army under ...
This carving, made from animal bones, is unusual. It dates from the Napoleonic era and would have been made by a French prisoner of war based at a camp near Peterborough at the end of the ...