Napoleon faced the combined might of the Sixth Coalition (Russia, Austria, Prussia, Sweden) near Leipzig, in what would prove ...

In the fall of 1813, the Allies caught Napoleon at Leipzig where they outnumbered him two to one and punished his armies in a bruising battle that lasted three ...

A mass grave excavated outside Vilnius in Lithuania contained vital clues to Napoleon's Great Retreat in 1812. ... who arrived in January 1813 to see the frozen corpses piled up three-storeys high.

Napoleon Bonaparte, French general and Emperor. Napoleon (1769-1821) From Harmsworth, History of the World, published in London, 1909. Print Collector/Getty Images ...

Napoleon had lost not only most of the men he had led to Russia but 175,000 horses as well. The men could be replaced, as indeed they largely were before the next year’s fighting, but the horses ...

A long-lost portrait of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte has been discovered in New York after a cleaning revealed that it was a genuine 1813 work by Neoclassical painter Jacques-Louis David, and ...

Napoleon’s Grande Armée veterans brought to life in incredible colourised pictures of soldiers who fought in Napoleonic wars 200 years ago. ... fought 1813-1814 Credit: Media Drum World.

Charles Joseph Minard’s name is synonymous with an outstanding 1869 graphic depicting the horrific loss of life that Napoleon’s army suffered in 1812 and 1813, during its invasion of Russia ...

In 1813, following his disastrous invasion of Russia, Napoleon faced a desperate battle to save his empire. His enemies were ...

The Peninsular War, 1808-1813. Frustrated ... Napoleon only believes in himself. He only has confidence in his star. So, he is going to be blinded. ...