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A vast archive of letters sent by relatives of soldiers missing in World War One seeking the help of Spain's King Alfonso ...

Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...

By early 1797, 38-year-old, Norfolk born Horatio Nelson had been in the Royal Navy for over 26 years. Within the Navy his reputation for dash and bravery was well established, although, to the general ...

At about 1:30 p.m., Culloden and other ships, including Captain Cuthbert Collingwood (another destined to join the ‘Band of Brothers’) in HMS Excellent, were gradually overhauling the Spanish rear and ...

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We tell the story of this war through more than a dozen dramatic accounts from Spanish, French, British, German and Polish ...

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