French forces in Spain were severely overstretched, as Napoleon withdrew the best troops for his invasion of Russia.

Yuhan Kim ’24 published “To Conquer and To Keep,” a two-volume history book detailing and analyzing French Marshal Louis-Gabriel Suchet’s campaign in Eastern Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. The book ...

At just 14 he had been working as a Midshipman in the Royal Navy, when he was captured by the French during the Napoleonic wars. He had an extraordinary tale to tell, and he carried the proof with ...