Napoleon’s soldiers who died in Russian retreat had unexpected diseases, study finds

24 octobre 2025 | Nicola Davis Science correspondent
Analysis of DNA from teeth of troops buried in mass grave suggests soldiers had paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever When Napoleon ordered his army to retreat from Russia in October 1812, disaster ensued. Starving, cold, exhausted and struggling with sickness, an estimated 300,000 soldiers (…)
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