On June 18, 1815, Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo, and to mark this momentous occasion and its import in the country's history, English watchmaker Bremont has ...

This month marks the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated in present day Belgium by a military alliance commanded by the Duke of Wellington. A ceremony has ...

Even 210 years on, a trip to the site of this pivotal clash remains a deeply moving experience William Cook writes about travel in continental Europe for The Telegraph, in particular Central Europe, ...

IT IS nearly 250 years since the birth of Arthur Wellesley, the future 1st Duke of Wellington, on May 1, 1769. The man who vanquished Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo has always been seen as haughty ...

We have all been taught that “the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton,” but it is unlikely that the Duke of Wellington would concur. According to his biographer Rory Muir, while ...