Scientists Just Discovered What Killed Thousands of Napoleon’s Soldiers

His invasion of Russia was a bad idea anyway, but two ruthless pathogens that ripped through Bonparte’s army probably didn’t ...

What destroyed Napoleon’s army? Scientists uncover new clues.

A new genetic analysis of teeth from a mass grave in Lithuania reveals hidden illnesses that plagued the French emperor's ...

DNA from Napoleon's ill-fated 1812 army reveals what likely led to the soldiers' demise

Near the end of his reign, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led an army of over half a million men in an invasion of Russia ...

Dead soldiers’ teeth reveal diseases that doomed Napoleon’s army

In the summer of 1812, the legendary French general Napoleon Bonaparte led an army about half a million strong to invade ...

DNA From Dead Soldiers Sheds New Light on Napoleon’s Russian Nightmare

Researchers identify two pathogens in the remains of soldiers in Napoleon's army. Napoleon’s withdrawal from Russia in 1812 ...
The New York Times

DNA Identifies 2 Bacterial Killers That Stalked Napoleon’s Army

Genetic material pulled from 13 teeth found in a grave in Lithuania revealed infectious diseases that felled the French emperor’s troops as they withdrew from Russia. By Gina Kolata Napoleon’s army ...
NPR

What killed Napoleon's army? Scientists find clues in DNA from fallen soldiers' teeth

But the Russian Empire had been resisting his efforts to cut off all trade with Britain. That summer, he ordered his army, some 600,000 strong, to invade Russia. It would prove to be a terrible ...
CNN

DNA from Napoleon’s ill-fated 1812 army reveals what likely led to the soldiers’ demise

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 ...