Napoleon faced the combined might of the Sixth Coalition (Russia, Austria, Prussia, Sweden) near Leipzig, in what would prove to be the decisive battle of his career. Outnumbered, virtually encircled, ...

Napoleon’s campaign in Egypt led to a decisive showdown at Aboukir in 1799. Outnumbered but determined, his army faced off ...

He’ll simply pour in enough men to overwhelm the Russians, force them to engage in battle and defeat them. "I know Alexander," Napoleon said. "I once had influence over him; it will come back.

"If I wanted to [stop] the enemy," Napoleon said, "it is there that I should post myself; but that would lead only to an ordinary battle, and I want decisive success." Napoleon’s army controlled ...

In 1805 Admiral Lord Nelson attacked and defeated the Napoleonic Navy in the Battle of Trafalgar. By 1806 the Act banning any slave trade between British merchants and foreign colonies was ...