The Battle of Aspern, which took place in Austria during the Napoleonic Wars, claimed the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, many of whom were buried directly on the battlefield to prevent the ...

When my finger slipped, my heart sank. We were standing in two rows, our muskets pointing forward waiting for the signal. I could feel my cheeks flush with embarrassment the moment mine went off. “At ...

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 ...

The grave of a notable soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo has been restored by volunteers. Sgt William Lawrence's posthumously published autobiography was one of the most famous first-hand ...

The Duke of Wellington famously described his first and last battlefield confrontation with Napoleon as “the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life.” He was referring, of course, to the Battle of ...

A new Napoleonic war game delivers large-scale battles and immersive combat.

Year 1807, at the end of the bloody battle of Eylau: the French soldier Jean Baptiste de Marbot wakes up, after several hours unconscious, covered in blood and on a cart, surrounded by corpses. He is ...

Original manuscripts on the Consulate and Empire that belonged to Jean-Etienne-Marie Portalis (1746-1807), one of the architects of the Napoleonic Code at an auction in 2012. (Photo by ANNE-CHRISTINE ...

Under a clear blue sky, the Emperor Napoleon, wearing his trademark black felt bicorne hat, green tunic, white breeches and riding boots, emerges at the top of a stone staircase and, with a steady ...