Despite Napoleon winning a number of these battles, Paris fell to the allied coalition on March 31, 1814. In the days before the suicide attempt, Caulaincourt said, “Napoleon had been talking ...

Napoleon's final defeat seemed only a matter of time. But when Coalition armies crossed the Rhine and invaded France, ...

Napoleon’s Elaborately Decorated Pistols Sell for $1.8 Million at Auction ... After Napoleon was forced to abdicate the throne in 1814, he reportedly contemplated death by suicide using the pistols.

A pair of pistols owned by Napoleon Bonaparte have sold for €1.7m (£1.4m). They were dubbed "the pistols that might have changed the course of history" because after the first abdication of the ...

Two pistols owned by the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, with which he once intended to kill himself, have been sold at auction for €1.69m (£1.4m). The weapons, which were created by the ...

Two pistols that Napoleon Bonaparte once intended to use to kill himself were sold in France on Sunday for 1.69 million euros ($1.8 million), the auction house said, with the government insisting ...

Two pistols that Napoleon Bonaparte once intended to use to kill himself were sold in France on Sunday for 1.69 million euros, the auction house said, with the government insisting that they stay ...

Two flintlock Gossard pistols once owned by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte have sold at auction for €1.69 million ($1.83 million). The guns were sold at French auction house Osenat in ...

Two pistols owned by the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, with which he once intended to kill himself, have been sold at auction for €1.69m (£1.4m). The weapons, which were created by the ...

Two flintlock Gossard pistols once owned by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte have sold at auction for €1.69 million ($1.83 million). The guns were sold at French auction house Osenat in ...