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How many men does it take to crew a Napoleonic warship?

Watch the full video here: https://t.co/eUZMJnKYaV

#OTD 1814 Napoleon defeated the Russians at Montmirail, one of four victories he won during his astonishing ‘Six Days’ Campaign’, fought during his last desperate defence of France.

Watch the entire campaign unfold in our video: https://t.co/yiWWzueJto

#OTD 1814 Napoleon suffered his first defeat on French soil at La Rothière, against Coalition forces led by Prussia’s Gebhard von Blücher.

Follow every movement in one of Napoleon’s finest campaigns here: https://t.co/yiWWzueJto

General Bonaparte returns to Epic History TV next week! Episode 1 of the new series covers the opening of his brilliant 1796 campaign in Italy, and is packed with cameos from young officers with big futures - Lannes, Suchet, Murat and more..
Out 2 December on YouTube.

#OTD 1805 Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson led a British fleet to a decisive victory over the combined fleets of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar.

Watch our video on Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory here: https://t.co/eUZMJnsOWN

Master Richard Napier, Royal Navy Midshipman, 1827.

Our new 29 min video, HMS Victory Part 2, looks at composition of the crew, and sailing, fighting and living aboard a British warship in the Napoleonic age. Watch it now on Patreon https://t.co/4joB7WyvEo

“Imagination cannot form an Idea of a Fury, from Hell, to look more frightful.”

Blackbeard intimidated his foes by lighting fuses woven into his hair, creating a cloud of smoke and a demonic appearance.

Watch our video on the legendary pirate here: https://t.co/ywas0P3KbY

‘Inspection of the Black Sea Fleet in 1849’ by Ivan Aivazovsky (1886). An imposing image, but 5 years later in the Crimean War, most of these ships were trapped in Sevastopol by the Anglo-French fleet. Cannons were removed for city’s defence & most were scuttled to block harbour.

#OTD 1807 Napoleon confronted Bennigsen’s Russians at Eylau, East Prussia. Fought in freezing conditions, Napoleon’s army was only saved from defeat by a massed cavalry charge of 10,000 horsemen led by the fearless Marshal Murat. Watch the 1807 campaign https://t.co/KGcVSVIV4Y

20-gun Russian brig “Mercury” fighting off two larger Turkish ships during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-29, by Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900). The Mercury fought a number of engagements in the Black Sea, including one famous escape from a Turkish squadron of 14 ships.