NATO soldiers participate in Battle of Waterloo anniversary at the NATO Resolute Support Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 18, 2015. British and coalition troops gathered at the NATO ...

A British-led archaeological dig has uncovered new human bones at the site of the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium. Historians estimate that more than 20,000 soldiers were killed at Waterloo, 12 miles ...

More than 200 years after Napoleon met defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the bones of soldiers killed on that famous battlefield continue to intrigue Belgian researchers and experts, who use them to ...

The Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815 (oil on canvas) This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical perspective. The article below was ...

“It has been a damned nice thing — the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life”, Wellington is reported to have said after the battle of Waterloo, 200 years ago next week. “By God!”, he added, “I ...

On June 18, 1815 the course of European history was changed when French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte found himself outmatched on the fields near Waterloo, Belgium. Britain's Duke of Wellington would ...

Two centuries ago next week, a rag-tag European army led by an Irish general defeated the French near a village south of Brussels. Next Thursday, Friday and Saturday 5,000 people will dress up in old ...

Cpt Turnor said Waterloo the next day was "a most shocking spectacle too dreadful to describe" A letter written by a survivor of the Battle of Waterloo is to be put on display for the first time. Cpt ...

Three armies fought at Waterloo in 1815 under three very different commanders. Rarely has the style of leadership played such a key role in battle. At the battle of Waterloo, on 18th June 1815, the ...

Royalty, dignitaries and soldiers around the world on Thursday commemorated the 1815 Battle of Waterloo, a watershed in European history that marked the end of the continent's domination by France and ...