Lining up shoulder-to-shoulder wasn’t madness—it was strategy. Here's how Napoleonic armies used firepower, discipline, and drill to dominate the battlefield.

The miniatures from the box were designed by Alan Perry and you can also get the new Spanish Guerrilla sprues separately from ...

A quick guide to infantry tactics and formations of the Napoleonic period, which first appeared in our video on the Battle of Aspern. In this video we try to explain why lining up shoulder-to ...

The Imperial Guard was a small, elite army, directly under Napoleon’s control. Like the corps, it had infantry, cavalry and artillery. It was comprised of the best veteran soldiers from every ...

The army that Napoleon inherited was far from ready for a major European war. Since his abdication a year before, it had been reduced to under 200,000 men. The much-vaunted Imperial Guard had been ...