The allied hordes howled round the camp of their victims like troops of ravenous wolves. But a surprise awaited them.Our special project
The Outagamies at Detroit
My father," he began, "I am a dead man. The sky is bright for you, and dark as night for me."Our special project presenting the definitive
Chaplain Frye: His Fate
Lovewell's Pond, with its sandy beach, its two green islands, and its environment of lonely forests, reverted for a while to its original owners, --
Lovewell’s Fight
Suddenly, with frightful yells, the whole body of the Pequawket warriors rushed from their hiding-places, firing as they came on.Our special
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.
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