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.

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

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Researchers have uncovered microbial evidence in the remains of Napoleon’s soldiers from the 1812 Russian retreat. Genetic ...

EADaily, October 26th, 2025. Two unexpected pathogens were among the diseases that devastated Napoleon's vaunted Grand Army.

Researchers who analyzed DNA from the teeth of soldiers who died during the retreat from Moscow say they have identified two ...