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

NATO soldiers participate in Battle of Waterloo anniversary at the NATO Resolute Support Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 18, 2015. British and coalition troops gathered at the NATO ...

The sitter had to be one of only nine black soldiers known to have been awarded the Waterloo Medal, as seen in the portrait, ...

Re-enactors attend the re-enactment of the 1815 Battle of Waterloo in Waterloo, Belgium, June 18, 2022. About 2,000 re-enactors, more than 100 horses as well as over 20 canons participated in the ...

The brooch, left behind after the French emperor fled Waterloo’s battlefield, will be sold to the highest auction bidder on ...

Three armies fought at Waterloo in 1815 under three very different commanders. Rarely has the style of leadership played such a key role in battle. At the battle of Waterloo, on 18th June 1815, the ...

What did the Battle of Waterloo, fought 200 years ago on June 18, 1815, really look like? There aren’t any snapshots to go by, since it was one of the last major battles fought before the invention of ...

Two centuries ago next week, a rag-tag European army led by an Irish general defeated the French near a village south of Brussels. Next Thursday, Friday and Saturday 5,000 people will dress up in old ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Royalty, dignitaries and soldiers commemorated the 1815 Battle of Waterloo on Thursday, a watershed moment in European history that marked the end of the continent’s domination by ...