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 ...

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 ...

On June 18, 1815 the course of European history was changed when French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte found himself outmatched on the fields near Waterloo, Belgium. Britain's Duke of Wellington would ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As we endure the torrent of books of varying quality recalling the events in Europe of a century ago, we are blessed with others of exceptional quality that examine the peril that Britain was in two ...

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Britain now has no serious rivals in Europe. Waterloo cements our dominance of the seas, and with them the 19th century. Napoleon lives out the rest of his days in exile on the island of St Helena.

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