A 220-year-old British flag blown apart at Battle of Waterloo has been found in a shoe box. Military antiques collector Gary Lawrence said the flag is one of the last remaining ones from the ...

This is the tale that Dr. Rogers, a lecturer at Oxford, tells in British Liberators in the Age of Napoleon. She gives us a study of some 42 Britons, mostly Catholic Scots or Irish with military ...

Bonaparte and the British: Prints and propaganda in the age of Napoleon is on at The British Museum's Room 90 until 16 August. Entrance is free.

In the Napoleonic wars, all British sailors were issued with lemon juice or other fruit. In 1804, 50,000 gallons were purchased by the Royal Navy. The effect was remarkable.

British Museum launches new exhibition showing how Napoleon Bonaparte was glorified, reviled, and ridiculed through printed propaganda at the turn of the 19th century UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...