The bones of the fallen English soldiers at the Battle of Waterloo were sold as fertilizer, a new study has suggested. The study, which was published June 17, nearly 207 years to the day after the ...

It’s sometimes difficult to believe in this era of selfies, social media and reality TV, but we Brits used to be famous for our emotional reserve. No matter how challenging the circumstances, we would ...

It is common knowledge that at “Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender.” And the fact that the ABBA song is best known around the world in its English iteration is the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo ...

Through swirling smoke from cannon and musket fire, Marshal Michel Ney squinted at the center of the English line at Waterloo. It was June 18, 1815, and the French commander could see British ...

The Duke of Wellington, who commanded coalition troops at Waterloo, Prussian Field Marshal Bluecher and Marshal Ney were the key players in a momentous battle which turned European history: - ...

Finally, at 11:30, Napoleon’s artillery opened fire. His battle plan was simple. Wellington’s men occupied the outlying farm buildings on both flanks, and the crest of a ridge in the center near the ...