Thursday marks the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. For the British, it was a famous, but costly victory, as we're reminded by author Bernard Cornwell: Two hundred ...
Saturday morning, people got a lesson on healthy eating in Waterloo. The organization Focus on Diabetes held a free breakfast. The event taught people how to prevent or manage the disease. Organizers ...
But both the battles of Waterloo and Panipat have a fundamental lesson for our policy-makers—what looks good in theory may not be as good in practice. With over 1,00,000 troops, Napoleon had an ...
Of the 52 privates in the 13th Light Dragoons wounded by sabre, gunfire and cannon injuries at Waterloo, only two subsequently died. Professor Singer said: "Despite the non-existence of antibiotics, ...