On Tuesday, Gudin's coffin was officially received by the French veterans' affairs minister, with a guard of honour wearing Napoleonic uniform.

So when a French doctor conducted Napoleon’s autopsy he registered Le Petit Corporal’s height as 5’2”. English newspapers reported this directly, even though an accurate translation would ...

The general, who is buried in Templetrine Cemetery, Ballinspittle, joined the French army in 1792 and rose to become aide-de-camp to Napoleon six years later.

Curators say the dark green uniform of the French Imperial Customs Service was unquestionably genuine, and itself a very rare survival National Maritime Museum One afternoon in August 1809, a ...

On Tuesday, Gudin's coffin was officially received by the French veterans' affairs minister, with a guard of honour wearing Napoleonic uniform.