In December 1805, Napoleon Bonaparte faced the combined armies of Russia and Austria at the Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors. Outnumbered, he used deception to lure ...

The night was freezing cold. The hard ground shrouded in mist. By dawn the soldiers were on the move. It was 2 December 1805 and just outside what is now Brno, 3 mighty armies were about to fight one ...

As part of the demonstration during the reenactment of the Battle of Austerlitz May 18, a defensive position was set up to repel a cavalry charge. The “battle” took part on the grounds of Old ...

(Reuters) - Cannons roared and horses' hooves pounded across the battlefield on which French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte won one of his most famous victories as hundreds of people took part in a ...