His battle plan was simple ... Napoleon would have to break Wellington’s center at once. The French cavalry charged on the order of Marshal Michel Ney, known as "the bravest of the brave." ...

Through swirling smoke from cannon and musket fire, Marshal Michel Ney squinted at the center of the English line at Waterloo. It was June 18, 1815, and the French commander could see British ...

Colonel Ellis She married him against her parents’ wishes and was so determined not to be separated from him by war that she followed him into battle ... French attack by 10,000 cavalry.

“Infantry, cavalry ... Wellington later described the Battle of Waterloo as “the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life.” Initially, the French outnumbered their opponents, especially ...

(CN) — A new study in the Journal of Conflict Archaeology analyzing written accounts, articles and art from the days and years following the Battle of Waterloo leads researchers to believe that human ...

Play the game and take sides in the Battle of Waterloo. The battle was fought between the French army, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, and the Duke of Wellington, leader of the Anglo-Allied forces.

In The French at Waterloo: Eyewitness Accounts, Napoleon, Imperial Headquarters, and 1 st Corps, he covers the events of the battle itself from the perspective of Napoleon, his staff, and the troops ...