The Imperial Guard was a small ... and others, as well as French. They were the most feared men in Napoleon’s army. Much more than personal bodyguards, they were Napoleon's weapon of last ...

Anyone who knows anything about Marshal Michel Ney, the ill-fated French military ... the Napoleonic Wars. But it sounds to me like a pretty joyless existence. Rear guard fighting was a huge ...

"However, The French were not producing Chassepots in enough numbers, and like many, many other countries, decided, 'Well, we've got a bunch of these old muskets and rifles on hand, let's go ahead ...

This carving, made from animal bones, is unusual. It dates from the Napoleonic era and would have been made by a French prisoner of war based at a camp near Peterborough at the end of the ...

Napoleon was a brilliant military general, who saved the French Revolution and laid the foundations of the modern French state. He also gave Montauban its own county in 1808, despite being less ...

From restaurants to art galleries to funky antique shops, there's something to do for everyone in every corner of New Orleans ...

Sussman, Sarah 2023. Recent Books and Dissertations on French History. French Historical Studies, Vol. 46, Issue. 4, p. 640. The Napoleonic Wars saw almost two decades of brutal fighting. Fighting ...

Hungary, this stratification is recent and still distinct; while in western Europe the several layers have become metamorphosed by the fusing heat of nationality and the pressure of civilization. But ...

In the spring of 1917 the French ... years old a maverick ex-soldier who once worked for Jean-Marie Le Pen and now runs a foundation in Moscow dedicated to tracing war-dead from the Napoleonic ...

On a recent trip to France, my mission was to eat like a French woman - or at least to find out just how they stay so slim. This is a country where on one corner, you find a boulangerie with mouth ...

Answering questions from in parliament, the minister confirmed that the size of the army will fall below 70,000 for the first ...

This hundred-year-old cocktail is one of the most iconic sparkling wine cocktails ever created. The French 75 uses a standard Gin Sour as its base. It's similar in build to the Tom Collins ...