The study revealed that Napoleon's soldiers suffered from several infections, exacerbated by cold, hunger, and exhaustion, which led to the army's defeat by the Russians in 1812.
(CNN) — Near the end of his reign, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led an army of over half a million men in an invasion of Russia in 1812. Six months later, after the army was forced to retreat, an ...
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New study uncovers what stopped Napoleon's army during the retreat from Russia in 1812
When Napoleon’s once invincible army limped out of Russia in winter 1812, frostbite and hunger were merely half the story.
Researchers have uncovered genetic evidence of paratyphoid and relapsing fever among Napoleon’s soldiers who retreated from Russia in 1812. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur have performed a genetic ...
Researchers uncover two previously undetected bacteria in teeth from Napoleon’s soldiers, revealing a possible combination of ...
Napoleon Bonaparte is depicted in the 1812 "Portrait of Napoleon I" by Charles Auguste Steuben. - Photo Josse/Leemage/Corbis/Getty Images Near the end of his reign ...
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