An extremely rare ‘bicorne,’ or 2-pointed hat, that was worn by Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo was sold at auction in France for $325,000 on Monday. The hat went under the hammer for €280,000 ...

An extremely rare handwritten letter from King George III in which he declares war on Napoleon has been sold at auction in the U.K. The letter was addressed to Lord Hawkesbury, the British Secretary ...

Through swirling smoke from cannon and musket fire, Marshal Michel Ney squinted at the center of the English line at Waterloo. It was June 18, 1815, and the French commander could see British ...

It is the evening of June 18, 1815 and an exultant Napoleon Bonaparte surveys the field after winning the Battle of Waterloo, planning his next conquest. Within years his empire will stretch as far as ...

Invading Russia is unlikely to go well because of the country’s huge strategic depth; armies can simply retreat east into Siberia and fight a war of attrition while winter defeats the invaders. This ...

Kevin Linch has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. In 1810, after seven years of the Napoleonic Wars, the prime minister, Lord Liverpool ...