"Come general, the affair is over, we have lost the day," Napoleon told one of his officers. "Let us be off." The day was June 18, 1815. By about 8 p.m., the emperor of France knew he had been ...
Some 32 soldiers from the Republican Guard of the National Gendarmerie will parade with Scots Guards. The French are staying and rehearsing at Wellington Barracks, named after the Duke who led British ...