On this special episode of Battle Lines, Roland Oliphant and guests tackle the late David Knowles’ favourite conversational ...
"A battle was fought today," Francis wrote his wife, "which did not turn out very well." Austerlitz had raised Napoleon’s star to new heights. He had won his greatest victory, the victory of ...
Napoleonic Wars Part 1: Napoleon's brilliant 1805 campaign culminates in victory at Austerlitz. #EpicHistoryTV #Napoleon #History Court upholds TikTok ban in US Here are 5 signs you’re ...
Defeating the Prussian army at the battles of Jéna and Auerstädt, Napoleon captured 140,000 ... but the Russians — bloodied after Austerlitz — and Great Britain — all powerful on the ...
About 1,000 people took part in a re-enactment of the Battle of Austerlitz to mark its 219th anniversary. In six hours on 2 December 1805, 75,000 soldiers of Napoleon's Grande Armee defeated a ...
Plus whenever I visit someplace such as Waterloo or Austerlitz, I come away with postcards, more battle maps, and illustrated guides. The problem with many books about Napoleon is that they dwell ...
Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.