One of Britain's most famous wartime victories was remembered at a special thanksgiving parade in Madron, near Penzance ...

Essling, Napoleon led his reinforced army back across the Danube. The resulting clash with Archduke Charles's Austrian army was the biggest and bloodiest battle yet seen in European history, and ...

Shoe buckles worn by Nelson are up for auction in Derbyshire. The naval commander gave them to Southampton-born Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton during the Napoleonic Wars. Since then, they have been kept ...

In 1797, the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, also known as “Old Ironsides,” was christened in Boston’s harbor.