Calling themselves the Old Guard — get it? — they are the type of superheroic anti-heroes for whom ballads are written. Or ...

Napoleon faced the combined might of the Sixth Coalition (Russia, Austria, Prussia, Sweden) near Leipzig, in what would prove ...

Napoleon's final defeat seemed only a matter of time. But when Coalition armies crossed the Rhine and invaded France, ...

The auction — aiming to make in excess of 7 million euros ($7.5 million) — is a biography in objects. The centerpiece is ...

After Hollywood's "Napoleon" exposed the legendary emperor to a new generation, over 100 relics -- which shaped empires, ...

Sgt Lawrence served in South America and fought throughout the Napoleonic wars. During Waterloo, on 18 June 1815, his 40th Regiment of Foot was in the thick of the battle.

People will soon be able to visit what is believed to be the world's first purpose-built prisoner of war camp dating from the Napoleonic Wars between Britain and France. The Norman Cross Camp just ...

World’s first prisoner of war camp, used over 200 years ago, to open to public The site once held soldiers captured during the Napoleonic Wars Lily Shanagher Thursday 12 June 2025 00:02 BST 0 ...

A Napoleonic prisoner of war camp buried under a field in Cambridgeshire has been bought by a trust with the intention of preserving it as a historic site. Norman Cross, the world’s first ...

The Napoleonic Wars (1793 – 1815) led to a dramatic proliferation of British military bands, Dr O’Keeffe says.

Britain ’s brass bands are older than previously thought and were invented by soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars, a new study has claimed. The findings challenge the widely held belief that brass ...