William Pitt the Younger Nelson dies as he learns of triumph at Trafalgar, 1805 Austerlitz: Napoleon’s greates victory Napoleon and Alexander of Russia: imaginative depiction of the raft at Tilsit, 1807 Archduke Charles at Aspern: Austria’s greatest general, 1809 The French take Oporto, start of the Peninsula War, 1809 Death of Sir John Moore at La Coruña, 1809: a magnificent career nipped in the bud Salamanca: Wellington’s finest battle, 1812 The horrors of the Peninsula Wars as depicted by Goya Moscow burning: awesome Russian self-immolation, 1812 Suffering beyond endurance: the retreat from Moscow, 1812 Caged beast: caricature of Napoleon in Elba, 1814 Blucher: bluff but great Prussian general Iron Duke: Wellington on horseback