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1 day ago · Despite leaving over 20,000 men and 10,000 horses dead, human remains are remarkably scarce on the site of the Battle of Waterloo. Only two complete human skeletons have been recovered from the battlefield—one found during Waterloo Uncovered’s 2022 excavation which also unearthed three horses euthanised with musket balls to the head.
3 days ago · Waterloo is where, in 1985, Emperor Napoleon I suffered his final defeat. It is also the home of the Lion’s Mound, an artificial hill topped by a cast-iron lion. At its foot is a rotunda housing the Panorama of the Battle, a vast circular painting. Nearby, the Memorial 1815 is an underground center illustrating the battle’s historic importance.
1 day ago · The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions. The wars originated in political forces arising from the French Revolution (1789–1799) and from the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802) and produced a ...
1 day ago · United Kingdom - The Napoleonic Wars: The Napoleonic Wars were massive in their geographic scope, ranging, as far as Britain was concerned, over all of the five continents. They were massive, too, in terms of expense. From 1793 to the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815 the wars cost Britain more than £1,650,000,000.
2 days ago · Every unit at Brigade level is represented here. The map area covers Braine Le Leud on the far left to Mont St Jean far right. So half the battlefield. I'll post the other half later ( need a bigger board or a bigger room) . For the purist, you'll notice
2 days ago · Waterloo is one of the most famous battles in history, but the afterlife of the 1815 clash is less well-known. Although more than 20,000 men were killed as allies led by the Duke of Wellington triumphed over Napoleon's French forces, only two human skeletons had been uncovered by archaeologists.
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1 day ago · The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement that took place on 21 October 1805 between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815).
