One of the few Black soldiers to receive the Waterloo Medal in recognition of his service, Private Thomas James' overlooked story is now being told ...

Art experts believe they have solved the mystery of a portrait of a previously unidentified black soldier that hangs in the ...

The Black subject of a 19th-century portrait by Thomas Phillips has been identified, following analysis by the U.K.'s ...

On June 18, 1815, near the village of Waterloo in present-day Belgium, Napoleon Bonaparte faced the Duke of Wellington and Prussian forces under Blücher in his last bid for power. The day-long clash ...

Earlier this year, the National Army Museum acquired the portrait of a Black soldier who was at the Battle of Waterloo, yet ...

Diamond jewel abandoned by Napoleon at Battle of Waterloo to go up for sale - The brooch, made of nearly 100 diamonds, was ...

Two hundred and ten years after the French were defeated at the Battle of Waterloo, marking the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, the decisive clash is re-enacted. The event brought together more ...

As Napoleon fled from a muddy, bloody defeat, some of his possessions were looted. Now a precious brooch will be sold with a ...