As Napoleon Bonaparte swept from victory to victory in Europe, he began to think he might add the East to the possessions of the French Republic.

During the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801, Horatio Nelson decided it was time to turn a blind eye.

Nothing seemed likely to stop Napoleon Bonaparte from conquering Europe, but one little fellow slowed him up a bit.

Young Thomas Cochrane learned early on that for a sailor, making a pet of a parrot could be surprisingly hazardous.

Admiral Lord Howe battered a French fleet far out in the Atlantic, and helped prevent the spread of bloody revolution.

French revolutionaries in a fleet of four ships attempted to spark a revolution in Britain.