A mass grave holding soldiers from Napoleon Bonaparte's French army reveals some of the diseases that killed the Grande Armée ...

When Napoleon Bonaparte led his Grand Army into Russia in 1812, he commanded the largest military force Europe had ever seen ...

In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Russia with one of the largest armies in history—the “Grande Armée” of about half a ...

In 1812, hundreds of thousands of men in Napoleon's army perished during their retreat from Russia. Researchers now believe a ...

In the summer of 1812, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led about half a million soldiers to invade the Russian Empire. But ...

Disease-causing bacteria that have been recently discovered in the teeth of Napoleonic soldiers may have spurred the massive ...

DNA from Napoleonic soldiers’ teeth uncovered two fever-causing bacteria that may have worsened the army’s fatal retreat from Russia.

One of the first events to signal the collapse of Napoleon's reign was his crushing defeat after an invasion of Russia in ...

Ancient DNA reveals Napoleon’s army was decimated by hidden fevers, not typhus, during the disastrous 1812 Russian invasion.

However, recent microbial analysis conducted on the remains of Grand Army soldiers indicates at least two other pathogens ...

Scientists have found evidence of multiple infectious diseases that may have played key roles in the army’s catastrophic ...

In the summer of 1812, the legendary French general Napoleon Bonaparte led an army about half a million strong to invade Russia. The Russians retreated but burned the countryside as they withdrew, ...