Top Items About Napoleonic Wars
Type | Title | Teaser | Author | Views | Rating |
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| Anecdotes | Wellington Defeated? | Following the decisive blow to Napoleon in 1815, a Morse-like message (delivered with powerful light beams), flashed... | Anonymous | 59 | |
| Anecdotes | Trafalgar | While preparing for the battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson, aboard HMS Victory,... | Anonymous | 45 | |
| Anecdotes | Syria`s Condition? | In 1799, Napoleon`s troops, traveling through the desert on route to Syria, made the mistake of slaking their thirst... | Anonymous | 44 | |
| Anecdotes | Vive l`Emperatrice! | "During one of the breathing spells of the Napoleonic Wars, Bonaparte arranged for a flotilla to line up for review by... | Anonymous | 42 | |
| Anecdotes | Classical Education | In 1801, while fighting the French in Egypt, Sir George Murray and his men found themselves in desperate need of water.... | Anonymous | 40 | |
| Anecdotes | Wellington: French Officers | When several French officers, embittered by their recent defeat at Waterloo, turned their backs on Wellington at the... | Anonymous | 38 | |
| Anecdotes | Bottom Line | Napoleon is said to have suffered from a peculiar physical ailment which contributed to his defeat at Waterloo. The ailment? | Anonymous | 23 | |
| Anecdotes | The Mystery of Benjamin Bathhurst | In 1809, Sir Benjamin Bathurst, Britain`s ambassador to the court of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Vienna, assisted with... | Anonymous | 23 | |
| Anecdotes | Smells Like Victory? | In 1812, in the path of Napoleon`s advancing army, the Russians abandoned the city of Smolensk and torched it.... | Anonymous | 20 | |
| Anecdotes | Napoleon: Just Deserts? | After his ill-fated invasion of Russia in 1812, Napoleon, alarmed by unrest at home, left his army in the lurch and... | Anonymous | 18 |
