"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 ...

There are more books with “Napoleon” in their titles than there have been days since the death of the French emperor and general in 1821. So reports Andrew Roberts in his magisterial biography of the ...

Army veterans and archeologists dig as part of archaeological research campaign called "Waterloo Uncovered" in Waterloo WATERLOO, Belgium (Reuters) - A cannonball discovered this week by ...

In his novel Les Miserables, French author Victor Hugo said of the Battle of Waterloo that "an unseasonably clouded sky sufficed to bring about the collapse of a World." Indeed, bad weather caused by ...

GENEVA — A diamond brooch that Napoleon lost while the French emperor and his forces were retreating from the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 sold for approximately $4.4 million (more than 3.5 million ...

PARIS — A hat attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte and said to have been dropped on the battlefield at Waterloo 203 years ago was bought on Monday for more than $400,000. It was another sign, if one were ...

One of the many things Napoleon Bonaparte was famous for was taking long soaks in the bath, during which he read newspapers. Napoleon's remains were taken back to Paris where he lies in a vast marble ...

A diamond brooch that French emperor Napoleon lost while fleeing from the Battle of Waterloo in the early 19th century sold for more than 3.5 million Swiss francs (about $4.4 million) at a Geneva ...

WATERLOO, Belgium, July 17 (Reuters) - A cannonball discovered this week by archaeologists provides a further indication of how close Napoleon Bonaparte came to winning the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

GENEVA (AP) — A diamond brooch that French emperor Napoleon lost while fleeing from the Battle of Waterloo in the early 19th century sold for more than 3.5 million Swiss francs (about $4.4 million) at ...