rallied once again around Napoleon as he assembled his troops for battle. "Austria wants to get slapped; she shall have it," Napoleon boasted. "If the Emperor Francis attempts any hostile move ...

For ten months, Napoleon watched and waited. Then, on February 26, 1815, he slipped off of Elba with a handful of soldiers and eluded the British fleet. "After making a mistake or suffering a ...

Just a year later, Napoleon secretly returned to France to stage a coup and seize power, leaving his savant squad and 30,000 troops behind. They stayed until defeat forced them to retreat in 1801.

in an introductory chemistry class: As the story goes, the tin buttons on the coats of Napoleon’s troops literally crumbled to a powder after being exposed to the bone-chilling cold of a Russian ...

Quite unlike French monarchy that was disconnected to the people, Napoleon won over the crowd’s support. He would even know the names of his soldiers, and call them by their names. However ...