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“Battle of Moscow, 7th September 1812”, 1822 by Louis Lejeune Bonaparte was first and foremost a military man, a soldier, a general, a commander of armies, and a deadly destroyer of his opponents’ military capacity. His aim throughout his career was to move swiftly to a position where he obliged the enemy to fight a […]

Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz by François Gérard One suspects that Bonaparte would have subscribed to the modern American adage “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” What he inherited, he improved and built upon, but he was disinclined to change a military apparatus that worked well for him. And he had reason for […]