What happened when Napoleon faced the full force of the Sixth Coalition at Leipzig in October 1813? In the largest and ...

He suggested that his critics were craven weaklings: “We are surely approaching a moment for Europe in which it will ... from Moscow’s assault. Yet the Napoleon-wannabe Macron talks of ...

But they wouldn't remain neutral for long — all of Europe smelled blood with Napoleon's defeat. "My star was fading," Napoleon said. "I felt the reins slipping out of my grasp, and could do ...

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The gate that goes nowhere is somehow a monument to the Napoleonic genius of the man who enabled the emancipation of the Jews ...

Europe's Egypt obsession led to its first museums of archaeology Goaded on by Napoleon's savant expeditions, the European fascination with ancient Egypt gave rise to archaeological museums in ...

In 1806, Napoleon created the Continental System, which banned all commercial activity between the European continent and Britain. Napoleon believed that this economic pressure would force Britain ...

The French and British were at war once again: irreconcilable enemies struggling for dominance on the continent of Europe. At the end of summer, Napoleon paraded his soldiers along the Channel ...

It dates from the Napoleonic era and would have been made ... The British victory at Waterloo in 1815 left Britain the dominant power in Europe with the Royal Navy being the strongest fleet ...

led by Napoleon I, fight European powers in a series of battles beginning in 1803. Napoleon was defeated by the British at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. A committee of experts was set up in ...