Battle painting

Alexander the great in battle

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Were the Baltic Crusades a religious mission or just violent tourism? Let's explore the dark history of the first English visitors to Poland to learn how the bloodlust of knights has evolved over the centuries (and even why we like red meat so much).

You've read the poem, and maybe recited it yourself. But would you like to hear a recording of the bugle call that sent the troopers of the Light Brigade into the Valley of Death, played by the bugler who rode with them? The day is October 25, 1854. The Crimean War rages, pitting United Kingdom and French forces against Russian forces. British army commander Lord Raglan issues orders to Lieutenant General George Bingham, commander of the British cavalry.

The defeat on 9th September 1513 at the hands of the English that annihilated a generation of Scottish aristocracy including King James IV

After landing and capturing Alexandria in early July 1798, Napoleon advanced towards Cairo and within sight of the Pyramids with the Egyptian capital only four miles away he fought his first major battle against the Mamelukes. The battle was a clash between a modern European Army and a medieval Middle Eastern Army. Although heavily outnumbered Napoleon realised that the only Egyptian troops of any worth on the battlefield were their cavalry so he arranged his forces in large divisional…