The Napoleonic Wars (1793 – 1815) led to a dramatic proliferation of British military bands, Dr O’Keeffe says. By 1814, more ...

Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain's first brass bands earlier than previously thought ...

Tactless and ambitious, George Robert Gleig was perhaps a strange choice for an army chaplain; however, his enthusiasm for army life was clear and as an annalist of military manoeuvres he proved both ...

The incoming Trump administration in the US could be preparing to lock horns with the Labour government over the Chagos ...

For nearly 50 years, Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean has been a critical part of the American global ...

It was the most violent assault on the US Capitol since the British Army set it ablaze in the war of 1814. This week's Tech Tent asks what role social media played in preparing the ground for the ...

A new study suggests that brass bands, long associated with coal mining and industrialisation, actually date back to the Napoleonic Wars | ITV National News ...

It’s quite possible that Simmons fought the British alongside Greene in the Continental Army. In 1791, Simmons helped escort President ... The Treaty of Ghent, signed by both parties in December 1814 ...

Illus., maps, append., notes, biblio., online resources, index. $38.00. ISBN: 0300186657 The Rise of Wellington Muir, who has written extensively on Britain and the British Army in the era of the ...

The UK’s handover of the Chagos archipelago and retention of Diego Garcia is a strategic move that raises questions about the ...

During the last months of 1814 ... a wedge between the British and the Prussians, and defeat them before the Austrians and the Russians could arrive. Napoleon raised an army, and marched toward ...

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