When Napoleon’s once invincible army limped out of Russia in winter 1812, frostbite and hunger were merely half the story.

New research finds evidence of two previously undocumented infections that likely plagued the French emperor's Grande Armée ...

His invasion of Russia was a bad idea anyway, but two ruthless pathogens that ripped through Bonparte’s army probably didn’t ...

Researchers identify two pathogens in the remains of soldiers in Napoleon's army. Napoleon’s withdrawal from Russia in 1812 ...

A new genetic analysis of teeth from a mass grave in Lithuania reveals hidden illnesses that plagued the French emperor's ...

Russia’s lines collapsed under relentless French pressure, ending the campaign in a single blow. Friedland forced peace—and crowned Napoleon’s supremacy in Europe.

The study revealed that Napoleon's soldiers suffered from several infections, exacerbated by cold, hunger, and exhaustion, ...

A 2006 study involving DNA from 35 other soldiers from the same cemetery detected the pathogens behind typhus and trench ...

Of the half a million French soldiers who went to Russia to fight under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte in the so-called ...

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

New DNA evidence from a mass grave in Lithuania reveals Napoleon's retreating Grand Armée was decimated by paratyphoid and ...