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Battle of Waterloo 1815
In 1815, eight miles south of Brussels, two of history's greatest generals met in battle for the first and only time: Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of
March of Eagles 1805 – 09
This is the story of the first half of the Napoleonic Wars, when Napoleon Bonaparte, self-crowned Emperor of the French, ruled supreme on the
The Road to Marengo
Surprised by the Austrian advance toward Genoa in mid-April 1800, Bonaparte hastily led his army over the Alps in mid-May and reached Milan on 2 June.
Parkman Part 6 v1, Chapter 11
Mr. Atkinson, envoy on the part of New Hampshire, joined Thaxter and Dudley, and the three set out for Montreal, over the ice of Lake
The Brumaire Coup 1799
The Coup of 18 Brumaire brought Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of France. In the view of most historians, it ended the French Revolution
Napoleon in Palestine
The siege of Acre of 1799 was an unsuccessful French siege of the Ottoman city of Acre (now Akko in modern Israel) and was the turning point of
The Siege of Toulon 1793
This (August 28–December 19, 1793) was the military engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars, in which the young artillery officer Napoleon
Napoleon in Egypt
Napoleon Bonaparte's Egyptian campaign took place from 1798 to 1801. The French Expedition aimed to establish a French colony in Egypt and threaten