Sent between 1757-58 during the Seven Years War, the letters were mostly addressed to the crew of the Galatée warship, and the French postal administration forwarded them from port to port in ...

Archaeology & History French Love Letters, Sealed for 265 Years, Are Opened—and Read—for the First Time. The letters were written to French soldiers during the height of the Seven Years' War ...

Britain’s forces captured and imprisoned 64,373 French sailors over the course of the Seven Years’ War. Some prisoners of war died from malnutrition or disease, but many were released later.

Love letters, both familial and romantic, were opened for the first time in 265 years at the request of a Cambridge University professor. They were written during the Seven Years' War.

British Admiralty officials deemed the letters had no military significance. Letters confiscated by Britain's Royal Navy before they reached French sailors during the Seven Years' War have been ...

Letters confiscated by Britain's Royal Navy before they reached French sailors during the Seven Years' War have been opened for the first time. Written in 1757-8, they were sent by loved ones for ...