Both women were writing to their husbands, French sailors ... Seven Years’ War, a global conflict fought on five continents that many historians regard as the original “world war.” ...

all addressed to 18th-century French sailors from their loved ones and seized by Great Britain's Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763). "I realized I was the first person to read ...

and is often described as the first global conflict. During the war, in which Britain and Prussia opposed France, Austria and Spain, Britain imprisoned more than 64,000 French sailors. The French ...

Scores of French love letters from the mid-18th century have been opened and studied for the first time since they were written. The letters – sent to French sailors by wives, siblings and ...

First Minister John Swinney will be in attendance tomorrow (Saturday, October 12) when members of the Girvan and District Great War Project unveil a memorial to three French sailors who washed up ...