While there were many arms used by the British during the Napoleonic Wars, some of the underappreciated small arms are the guns used on board the ships of the Royal Navy. On this "American ...

Two pistols owned by the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, with which he once intended to kill himself, have been sold at auction for €1.69m (£1.4m). The weapons, which were created by the ...

In 1809, as Napoleon fought the Austrians at Wagram, the war in Spain and Portugal continued to rage. The French had inflicted several heavy defeats on Spanish field armies, but now they faced a ...

Shortly after midday, Napoleon ordered a barrage of his most powerful cannon — seventy-four guns steadily lobbed cannon ... whole history of the Napoleonic wars the Guard was seen to falter ...