Following his defeat in the giant Battle of Leipzig (Oct 1813), Napoleon's final defeat seemed only a matter of time. But when Coalition armies crossed the Rhine and invaded France, Napoleon ...

But last week the Battle for France, also an important sector of the Battle for Europe, was well on the way to being lost. Arthur Koestler, brilliant novelist (Darkness at Noon) and acute observer ...

You are lost, sire. I am certain of it." On August 12, 1813, Austria declared war on France and joined the Allies on the battlefield. The allied generals, after suffering defeats for nearly two ...