During the Napoleonic Wars, the helmets evolved dramatically—and in part as Napoleon saw himself as a new Emperor of Rome, he equipped his Cuirassiers and Dragoons with a helmet that resembled a ...

During the Napoleonic Wars, the helmets evolved dramatically—and in part as Napoleon saw himself as a new Emperor of Rome, he equipped his Cuirassiers and Dragoons with a helmet that resembled a ...

After the French and Indian War, the British Army recognized the necessity for a pattern pistol to be created for Light Dragoon Regiments. A version was made that became popular in England. This Light ...

Bonaparte and the British: Prints and propaganda in the age of Napoleon is on at The British Museum's Room 90 until 16 August. Entrance is free.

Napoleon's dragoons have gone, but their artistic temperament has lived on to find a re-opening in the spirit of the fighting diners of Memorial. Napoleon's men pelted "The Last Supper" with ...

The British Army's size may cripple its ability to support NATO or fight a major war, ... In 1812, when it fought Napoleon and burned down Washington, DC, it had 246,000 soldiers.

Critic and scholar Simon Bainbridge explores how, from the French Revolution to his end on St Helena, Napoleon shaped poetry in Britain, particularly the Romantics. Show more British Romanticism ...

The new units are the Polish Guard Lancers, Dutch Guard Lancers, Guard Chasseurs a Cheval, Dutch Grenadiers, Guard Seamen and the Empress Dragoons. Napoleon: Total War was released in February and ...

The number British Army troops has fallen below 73,000 for the first time since the Napoleonic era. Official government figures show there are now just 72,510 full-time, trained soldiers ready for ...

Napoleon's Blackguards by Stephen McGarry is published by Penmore Press. It is on sale in paperback ($19.50/£14.35) and in ebook ($5.50/£4.20) from Amazon and in retail outlets €10,000 Moth ...

Charles Ewart - a Scottish soldier who earned his fame at Waterloo. Very little is known of him until he joined the 2nd Royal North British Dragoons, where he became known as a 19th Century Hercules.