Two months before Napoleon's historic defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, a volcanic eruption in Indonesia caused heavy rains ...

"Come general, the affair is over, we have lost the day," Napoleon told one of his officers. "Let us be off." The day was June 18, 1815. By about 8 p.m., the emperor of France knew he had been ...

Spanish historian Ivo Fornesa claims in his book, “Death in Saint-Chartier: Murder and intrigue in the heart of France,” that Napoleon crashed here post-Waterloo and stashed a fortune ...

There are more books with “Napoleon” in their titles than there ... when he finally fell to a rival army at Waterloo. The trailer looks amazing, with burning cities, blazing cannons, charging ...

Napoleon raised an army, and marched toward Waterloo. Napoleon’s fate would be decided on a field of clover and rye, one mile long and three miles wide. Waiting for him was Great Britain’s ...

Historians fear a £1.6 million Belgian farm which was the site of a battle ‘that made defeating Napoleon at Waterloo possible’ could be turned into a block of flats. Gemioncourt Farm is a key ...

To play the Waterloo Interactive Battle Simulator, you must first choose whether to play as Napoleon (French side) or as Wellington (Allied side). The computer will play as your opponent. The game is ...

A Napoleon victory will plunge Europe back into a long term war. An allied victory could bring long term peace to Europe. The two meet at Waterloo where the fate of Europe will be decided.

Wellington’s men occupied the outlying farm buildings on both flanks, and the crest of a ridge in the center near the village of Waterloo. To break them, Napoleon ordered no elaborate maneuvers.