Historians called the infections that crippled Napoleon's army

The researchers concluded that infectious diseases were the main cause of the losses of Napoleon's Great Army in 1812. Dmitry Zhuravlev, Deputy Director of the Military Medical Museum, Candidate of Historical Sciences, told about this on September 28.

"An international team of scientists led by Remy Barbieri from Pasteur University has examined the DNA of 13 Napoleonic soldiers from a mass grave in Vilnius," he told RIA Novosti.

The researchers found out that paratyphoid and recurrent typhus were the most dangerous. No signs of previously suspected typhus and trench fever could be detected, although experts do not rule out that this is due to the limited material for analysis.

The Russian army also faced illnesses, but was able to maintain its combat capability thanks to a system of medical and hygienic measures, the scientists explained. Mandatory inspections were carried out in the troops, soldiers were sent to baths to combat lice, strict sanitary rules were in effect.

According to experts, this is the direct merit of Commander Alexander Suvorov.

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