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

PARIS — After the Hollywood epic “Napoleon” exposed the legendary emperor to a new generation two years ago, over 100 relics ...

A French woman, Pauline Fourès earned the nickname "Napoleon's Cleopatra" during the French military expedition to Egypt.

The grave of a notable soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo has been restored by volunteers. Sgt William Lawrence's ...

In 1809, as Napoleon fought the Austrians at Wagram, the war in Spain and Portugal continued to rage. The French had inflicted several heavy defeats on Spanish field armies, but now they faced a ...

From 1804 to 1814, the Napoleonic Wars raged, as Britain, Prussia, ... On June 17, heavy rains soaked the ground and the French soldiers. The wet fields and muddy roads became a swampy mess.

The new study, published in The Historical Journal, shows veterans of the Napoleonic wars founded many of Britain’s earliest non-military brass bands from the 1820s onwards.

Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars invented Britain’s first brass bands earlier ... Surviving newspaper reports from that summer reveal that the outfit, equipped with keyed bugles, ...

Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain's first brass bands earlier than previously thought, new research reveals. The study undermines the idea that brass bands ...

Back then, the British Army had around 40,000 soldiers but was rapidly increased to fight the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.