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Authors: Robert Harvey

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William Pitt the Younger
Nelson dies as he learns of triumph at Trafalgar, 1805
Austerlitz: Napoleon’s greates victory
Napoleon and Alexander of Russia: imaginative depiction of the raft at Tilsit, 1807
Archduke Charles at Aspern: Austria’s greatest general, 1809
The French take Oporto, start of the Peninsula War, 1809
Death of Sir John Moore at La Coruña, 1809: a magnificent career nipped in the bud
Salamanca: Wellington’s finest battle, 1812
The horrors of the Peninsula Wars as depicted by Goya
Moscow burning: awesome Russian self-immolation, 1812
Suffering beyond endurance: the retreat from Moscow, 1812
Caged beast: caricature of Napoleon in Elba, 1814
Blucher: bluff but great Prussian general
Iron Duke: Wellington on horseback

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