An extremely rare ‘bicorne,’ or 2-pointed hat, that was worn by Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo was sold at auction in France for $325,000 on Monday. The hat went under the hammer for €280,000 ...

Thursday marks the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. For the British, it was a famous, but costly victory, as we're reminded by author Bernard Cornwell: Two hundred ...

NATO soldiers participate in Battle of Waterloo anniversary at the NATO Resolute Support Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 18, 2015. British and coalition troops gathered at the NATO ...

To the victor go the spoils: So Waterloo became synonymous with Napoleon's demise, even if the worst of the battle never happened there. Ignoring the bloodied grounds of nearby towns, the victorious ...

WATERLOO, Belgium — To the victor go the spoils: So Waterloo became synonymous with Napoleon’s demise, even if the worst of the battle never happened there. Ignoring the bloodied grounds of nearby ...

A few years ago I wrote a book about Waterloo. Called Dancing Into Battle, it viewed the most famous of 19th-century military clashes from the vantage point offered by the frantic social life of ...

Archaeologists have uncovered amputated limbs from the site of a field hospital used in the Battle of Waterloo. Researchers were using metal detectors at the Belgian battle site when they found what ...

Waterloo was the last conflict before the invention of photography. By the time the great nations had loaded their guns again at the Crimea the war photographer had been born,’ the photographer Sam ...

Military enthusiasts and more than 100 gamers have taken part in the biggest ever historical table top war game - with more than 20,000 miniature soldiers. The team at the University of Glasgow have ...

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