A new genetic analysis of teeth from a mass grave in Lithuania reveals hidden illnesses that plagued the French emperor's ...
In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s Grande Armée met its most devastating enemy—not the Russian army, but biology itself. As ...
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DNA Finally Reveals What Really Killed Napoleon's Forces
When Napoleon and his legion of multinational soldiers retreated from Russia in 1812 in the face of dwindling supplies and ...
In Division 7, Cascades Conference champion Hanover-Horton (7-2) hosts Big 8 runner-up Union City (5-4). This is the second ...
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Ancient teeth reveal salmonella and louse-borne fever helped doom Napoleon’s 500,000-man force
Teeth from 13 Grande Armée soldiers in a Vilnius grave give first genetic proof that infections, with famine and cold, helped cause the loss of 300,000 men during Napoleon’s retreat from Russia.
New research suggests that two surprise pathogens were among the diseases that laid waste to the emperor’s vaunted Grande ...
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