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Hearts of Iron IV. Otto I. CharIes I's son and successor in the HOI4 mod, Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg.; The Illusionist. Crown Prince Leopold is the powerful and influential heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the 2006 film The Illusionist, although his father, the Emperor, is the actual reigning monarch.
Dominique Jean Larrey (1766–1842) – surgeon to Napoleon; Jacques Lauriston (1768–1828) – The first of two envoys sent to Kutuzov by Napoléon in an attempt to negotiate peace. Lavrushka – Valet to Denisov. A rogue, later valet to Nikolai Rostov. Misled Napoleon. Lazarev – Soldier at Kozlovski's battalion, was awarded a medal by ...
Lieutenant-Colonel John Wallace who commanded the regiment during the Peninsular War. The regiment was raised in Connaught by John Thomas de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricard as the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers), in response to the threat posed by the French Revolution, on 25 September 1793. [1]
Bretagne was a fast 130-gun three-deck ship of the French Navy, designed by engineer Jules Marielle.Built as a new capital ship meant to improve on the very successful Océan class, while avoiding the weaknesses found on Valmy, she retained most of the Océan ' s design, and incorporated the philosophy of "fast ship of the line" pioneered by Napoléon, with a rounded stern and a two-cylinder ...
The historical video game belongs to a video game genre in which stories are based upon historical events, environments, or people. Some historical video games are simulators, which attempt an accurate portrayal of a historical event, civilization or biography, to the degree that the available historical research will allow.
SMS Victoria was the second and final member of the Augusta class of steam corvettes built for the Prussian Navy in the 1860s. She had one sister ship, Augusta; the ships were armed with a battery of fourteen guns. Victoria was laid down in 1863 at the Arman Brothers shipyard in Bordeaux, France, and was launched in early 1864.
Napoleon at War is a "quadrigame", a game box holding four thematically connected 2-player board wargames that use a common set of rules, in this case four different battles fought by Napoleon: Marengo: Napoleon in Italy, 14 June 1800 (designed by David Isby) Jena-Auerstadt: The Battle for Prussia (designed by Tom Walczyk)
Brigadier Gerard is the hero of a series of 17 historical short stories, a play, and a major character in a novel by the British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. Brigadier Etienne Gerard is a Hussar officer in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Gerard's most notable attribute is his vanity – he is utterly convinced that he is the bravest ...