In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen. As it advanced, the Russian army retreated, and by September Napoleon's army had marched 470 miles into the depths of Russia ...

Whatever you think of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, come January, the next four years promise to be critical in ...

Subjects include the Napoleonic Wars and the American Civil War The twentieth century: Extended features on the First and Second World Wars, featuring maps detailing trench warfare and aerial ...

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It is commonly asserted that Portugal´s international borders are the oldest in Europe. The Wikipedia entry on Portugal shows ...

Mauritius first appeared on maps in the 12 th century ... Most Mauritians of French ancestry are the descendants of these ...

Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain's first brass bands earlier than previously thought, new research reveals. The study undermines the idea that brass bands ...

Historians have increasingly stressed the impact of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars on Britain and Ireland ... But the military’s impact on the post-war musical world cannot simply be ...

Britain’s brass bands are older than previously thought and were invented by soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars, a new study has found. The findings challenge the widely held belief that brass ...

War and peace O'Keeffe points out that the Napoleonic Wars (1793–1815) led to a dramatic proliferation of British military bands. By 1814, more than 20 thousand instrumentalists were serving in ...

Britain’s brass bands are older than previously thought and were invented by soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars, a new study has found. The findings challenge the widely held belief that brass bands ...