An extremely rare ‘bicorne,’ or 2-pointed hat, that was worn by Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo was sold at auction in France for $325,000 on Monday. The hat went under the hammer for €280,000 ...
NATO soldiers participate in Battle of Waterloo anniversary at the NATO Resolute Support Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 18, 2015. British and coalition troops gathered at the NATO ...
WATERLOO, Belgium (Reuters) - The first tourists to the site of one of the most decisive battles in European history arrived the very next day to inspect a scene of carnage where tens of thousands lay ...
Thursday marks the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. For the British, it was a famous, but costly victory, as we're reminded by author Bernard Cornwell: Two hundred ...
A new study examines the possible cause as to why no mass graves for the thousands of casualties from the Battle of Waterloo have ever been discovered. The bones of soldiers killed during the Battle ...
A 200-year old skeleton discovered beneath a parking lot at the Battle of Waterloo site has been identified as a German soldier. The remains are the first full skeleton to be recovered from the famous ...
WATERLOO, Belgium — To the victor go the spoils: So Waterloo became synonymous with Napoleon’s demise, even if the worst of the battle never happened there. Ignoring the bloodied grounds of nearby ...
As the rivers ran red with blood, a lone soldier searched in darkness for water, desperate to quench his and his wounded comrades’ thirst. Private Matthew Clay took a kettle from the knapsack of a ...
British royalty visit St Paul's Cathedral in London and European royals and diplomats gather in Belgium to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo A Cannon fires silhouetting soliders as ...
Battle of Waterloo - Napoleon has return from exile, and prepared his armies for war. Nations that opposed him formed the ...
The Prince of Wales pulled away a union jack to uncover the memorial Prince Charles has unveiled a memorial to the British soldiers who fought and died at the Battle of Waterloo. The prince and the ...
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