Napoleon's doomed retreat: DNA from Vilnius mass grave reveals signs of foodborne and lice-borne fever by Justin Jackson, Phys.org ...

What Killed Napoleon’s Soldiers As They Retreated From Moscow in 1812? Scientists Use DNA Analysis to Solve Mystery Napoleon Bonaparte is undoubtedly an illustrious and intriguing figure of history.

In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s once-mighty army left Russia battered, frostbitten, and starving. The infamous retreat claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, but until recently, no one could ...

Humans DNA analysis reveals what really killed Napoleon's army in 1812 At least 300,000 men died during Napoleon’s retreat from Russia - now the latest genetic techniques have identified two ...

Historians have long blamed the French general’s disastrous retreat through the Russian winter, as the cold, starvation, and disease caused immeasurable loss of life.

In 1812 an Italian soldier in Napoleon's multinational Grand Armee---the largest fighting force Europe had ever seen---wrote this letter home from Prussia during the army's retreat from Russia.