A series of hilltop forts built to defend England during the Napoleonic Wars are being preserved to ensure their legacy can ...

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, ...

Generations of Germans believe Frederick the Great brought the beloved potato to Germany. The legend is this: King Frederick ...

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

In 1975 Jack Bogle set up Vanguard in the town, launching the first index-tracking funds for ordinary savers soon after, with a focus on driving down the cost of investing. It worked. Today Vanguard ...

When we think of war, we usually picture armies, weapons, or world leaders. But hidden within those big stories are smaller, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...