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

Mikaberidze tells a bigger story. Far from being a mere European conflict, the Napoleonic wars had global significance, with each big powerplay reverberating far beyond the devastated continent ...

Napoleon went to Kaurakin, the Russian ambassador, and harshly questioned him. "What does this mean? What does Russia want from me? You know it’s easy to start a war but it’s very difficult to ...

proclaiming a War of German Liberation. But the people of Bavaria, who had profited from Napoleon's earlier defeat of Austria, rallied once again around Napoleon as he assembled his troops for battle.

The graves of a group of French prisoners from the Napoleonic Wars have been restored by a group of military history enthusiasts. The four men and one woman were buried at St John's Church in ...