Napoleon’s army was torn and bloody; the Tsar’s army was in ruins. Alexander puzzled over what to do next. SOKHOLOV: When Alexander the First was thinking about what to do after the battle of ...

It is up to me to give them an example." The battle at Lodi convinced Napoleon Bonaparte that he was a man of destiny. "From that moment," he said, "I foresaw what I might be. Already I felt the ...

I n May 1804, after being proclaimed Emperor of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte awarded the title of Marshal of the French Empire to eighteen of his generals. He would go on to appoint another ...

Alarmed by France’s growing power, the Prussians now challenged Napoleon, who made short ... was thinking about what to do after the battle of Friedland, his brother Constantine said, "Sire ...