Napoleon created 18 'Marshals of the Empire', to serve as the senior officers of the Grande Armée. He created a further 8 before his abdication. A few were aristocrats, but others were the sons of ...

Do you know what fills me most with wonder?” Napoleon once reportedly asked the Marquis de Fontanes. “The powerlessness of force to establish anything. There are only two powers in the world: the ...

Napoleon is alleged to have once said: 'There are only two powers in the world - the sword and the mind.' He presented the sword to his last Marshal of the Empire, Emmanuel de Grouchy, to reward ...

Napoleon passed the sabre on to his close ally Emmanuel de Grouchy, whom the French emperor named his last marshal of the empire. The sword has been in Grouchy's family since 1815, the year of ...

A remarkable archive documenting Napoleon's final days in exile has come to light after more than 200 years. The never-before-seen cache of material includes a candid witness account describing ...

The losses for the Allies were severe, too—Wellington lost 17,200 men, the Prussian commander Marshal Gebhard von Blücher a further 7,000. Within a month, the disaster cost Napoleon his throne.

Turenne was a French field marshal who served Louis XIV ... admire [Frederick the Great] immensely," Napoleon once told a subordinate, according to his secretary, Bourrienne.

A sword that belonged to Napoleon and was specially ordered for the personal use of the French emperor is to be auctioned in ...

Napoleon passed the sabre on to his close ally Emmanuel de Grouchy, who the French emperor named his last marshal of the empire. The sword has been in Grouchy's family since 1815, the year of ...

Napoleon passed the sabre on to his close ally Emmanuel de Grouchy, who the French emperor named his last marshal of the empire. The sword has been in Grouchy’s family since 1815, the year of ...