Historians have increasingly stressed the impact of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars on Britain and Ireland ... no means confined to northern English industrial towns. Moreover, the ...

Back then, the British Army had around 40,000 soldiers but was rapidly increased to fight the French Revolutionary and ...

In 1809, as Napoleon fought the Austrians at Wagram, the war in Spain and Portugal continued to rage. The French had ...

The Napoleonic Wars (1793 – 1815) led to a dramatic proliferation of British military bands, Dr O’Keeffe says. By 1814, more than 20,000 people who played instruments were serving in uniform, in the ...

The British victory at Waterloo in 1815 ... which was thought to house 7,000 French soldiers captured during the Napoleonic War.

The war medals ... during the Napoleonic wars against the French. " The family medals were handed to brothers Archibald, Murdoch, John and Hector who were all officers in the British Army.

The Napoleonic Wars (1793 – 1815) led to a dramatic proliferation of British military bands, Dr O’Keeffe says. By 1814, more than 20,000 people who played instruments were serving in uniform ...

The graves of 101 soldiers who fought in Napoleonic wars have been identified in St ... Napoleon was defeated by the British at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. A committee of experts was set ...

The Napoleonic Wars (1793 – 1815) led to a dramatic proliferation of British military bands, Dr O’Keeffe says. By 1814, more than 20,000 people who played instruments were serving in uniform ...

Britain’s brass bands are older than previously thought and were invented by soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars, a new study has found. The findings challenge the widely held belief that brass ...