Spain, alarmed at France's ... this kind of war… It’s not at all the glorious war that they fought elsewhere. ELTING: At this point you begin to see a failure of Napoleon's judgment.

A uniform used by a local sailor to trick his way out of prison during the Napoleonic Wars has gone on display ... joined the Royal Navy aged 11 after his father died, and two years later he ...

As 1805 began, Napoleon was planning to cross the English Channel and invade Great Britain with 2000 ships and 200,000 soldiers. The French and British were at war once again: irreconcilable ...

Far from being a mere European conflict, the Napoleonic wars had global significance, with each big powerplay reverberating far beyond the devastated continent’s rocky shores. France fought its ...

It dates from the Napoleonic era and would ... power in Europe with the Royal Navy being the strongest fleet in the world. Did you know? A prisoner of war camp near Peterborough Cambridgeshire ...

The flagship of the English navy, the Mary Rose ... misconception that the last war between France and England ended in 1815 with the final defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. It is true that this ...

War broke out between Britain and France in 1793 ... In 1805 Admiral Lord Nelson attacked and defeated the Napoleonic Navy in the Battle of Trafalgar. By 1806 the Act banning any slave trade ...