The battle that followed was the bloodiest day's fighting of the Napoleonic Wars, and proved one of the most infamous battles of history.

In October 1813, American Gen. Wade Hampton marched his 2,000 soldiers along the banks of the Châteauguay River, part of a ...

WILLIAMSBURG — Make ready to witness centuries of military history — all in one weekend — March 15 and 16 at Jamestown ...

War raged in Europe, a US president was re-elected and the first WH Smith outlet began trading - though that was back in 1792 and now the UK firm faces coming to an end.

Behind "Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature" is the tale of German Romanticism in the Age of Napoleon. If you were ...

For all his loud and lofty pronouncements on military affairs, Emmanuel Macron is no warrior. Unlike Charles de Gaulle, who ...

Among the many causes of that ancient Greek war was an attempt by Athens at a variation of “nation building” within a region controlled by Sparta — an unfortunate side-effect of Athenian democracy… as ...

However, despite several defeats, and the loss of New York (former New Amsterdam) in September 1776, Washington hung on, and ...

The idea that a leader can be immune to laws simply because they believe they are “saving” their country is un-American.