For ten months, Napoleon watched and waited. Then, on February 26, 1815, he slipped off of Elba with a handful of soldiers and eluded the British fleet. "After making a mistake or suffering a ...

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The name also evokes the French military leader, Napoleon Bonaparte (1776-1821), who seized power after the French Revolution, crowned himself Emperor and ruled France until 1815. Napoleon himself ...

Play the game and take sides in the Battle of Waterloo. The battle was fought between the French army, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, and the Duke of Wellington, leader of the Anglo-Allied forces.

Napoleon saw the futility of going on. As allied armies closed in around him, he let events run their course. He was a desperate man, totally confused. On June 22, 1815 — four days after the ...