A braid of hair taken from the head of a man considered a British hero for preventing Napoleon's planned invasion of the ...

Simon Bower, auctioneer at Morgan Evans and Co, in Gaerwen, Anglesey, told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast the plait was found ...

Though the Napoleonic wars rumbled on for another decade, Nelson’s victory gave the British total superiority at sea. From then on, Napoleon’s navy was kept bottled up in port, and Britain was ...

Lord Nelson died on HMS Victory after being shot by a French sniper during the 1805 clash against Napoleon's fleet. The battle - which marks is 219th anniversary next week - was an overwhelming ...

The first of the world wars was what the British used to call—long before "The Great War" of 1914—"the Napoleonic war." And not even the carnage in Flanders or at the Battle of Britain has ...

As British admiral John Jervis reassured his superiors in 1801 amid rumors of an impending Napoleonic invasion, “I do not say, my lords, that the French will not come.

As British admiral John Jervis reassured his superiors in 1801 amidst rumors of an impending Napoleonic invasion, "I do not say, my lords, that the French will not come.

The French Empire’s renewed hopes to break British naval power were dashed at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. But even as Napoleon abandoned hope of invading Britain, his Grand Army went on to ...