by David West | Apr 12, 2025 | News
On the 12th of April, 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte won his first battle as an army commander at the Battle of Montenotte. Napoleon Bonaparte, one of history’s most renowned military leaders and emperor of France, was born on the 15th of August, 1769, on the island of...
by David West | Dec 2, 2024 | News
Having served as an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve, when it comes to battles of 1805, I think of Trafalgar. Yet ashore the battle of the year was Austerlitz. The Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was fought on the second of...