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The Coalitions Against Napoleon

REVIEW BY ANDRÉ VAN LOON The subject of The Coalitions Against Napoleon is fascinating and rich in potential. Moving beyond the well-trodden path of personality-based writing (such as Napoleon versus Wellington, biographies of Napoleon’s marshals, or the career of Horatio…

LefT The mass grave of mostly British soldiers in Vianen. Archaeologists established the men died of illness and not their wounds.

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British soldiers whose remains were excavated in Dutch city died of illness, not injury, research finds

Located in the centre of the Netherlands, Vianen saw two wars in the 18th century, the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) and later the Flanders campaign of 1793-1795.