Following his defeat in the giant Battle of Leipzig (Oct 1813), Napoleon's final defeat seemed only a matter of time. But when Coalition armies crossed the Rhine and invaded France, Napoleon - ...

His invasion of Russia was a bad idea anyway, but two ruthless pathogens that ripped through Bonparte’s army probably didn’t ...

An excavation has provided a snapshot into the gruesome aftermath of an epic battle that marked the final defeat of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The dig took place at Mont-Saint-Jean farm in ...

In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s Grande Armée met its most devastating enemy—not the Russian army, but biology itself. As ...