New research finds evidence of two previously undocumented infections that likely plagued the French emperor's Grande Armée ...
In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s Grande Armée met its most devastating enemy—not the Russian army, but biology itself. As ...
When Napoleon’s once invincible army limped out of Russia in winter 1812, frostbite and hunger were merely half the story.
One of the first events to signal the collapse of Napoleon's reign was his crushing defeat after an invasion of Russia in ...
DNA from Napoleonic soldiers’ teeth uncovered two fever-causing bacteria that may have worsened the army’s fatal retreat from Russia.