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

24 octobre 2025 | Nicola Davis Science correspondent
Bacteria for paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever found in DNA from teeth of troops buried in mass grave 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 died. (…)
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