History
The history behind the games
Short, readable accounts of the moments you can live through in Slowmarch. Read them before you play, or after you found out how close you came.
September – December 1793
The siege of Toulon, 1793
How a British-held French naval base was taken back in a stormy December night, and how an unknown artillery captain named Buonaparte made his name there.
Read · playable now 2 December 1805Austerlitz, 1805: the battle of the three emperors
On the first anniversary of his coronation, Napoleon lured the armies of Russia and Austria into attacking him, and won the victory that defined his legend.
Read 18 June 1815Waterloo, 1815: the last battle
One wet Sunday in June ended twenty years of war. Wellington held the ridge, Blücher’s Prussians arrived in time, and the Imperial Guard fell back.
Read October 1815 – May 1821Saint Helena: the last six years
On a remote island under British guard, Napoleon dictated his memoirs, quarrelled with his jailers and shaped the legend that outlived him.
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