Reply To: [1805] On the Sources for Austerlitz

[OotKust]

A post-mortem one could say. As I missed any reference to this in 2021 before. Is it really a ‘grave’ if they were merely ‘disposed of’..?

I’m a little put off by the wording “mass grave” given the entire issue of a single handful, compared with the mass destruction of humanity since then and ongoing indefinitely :-

Austerlitz Grave

…and the tartar on their teeth revealed traces of nitrogen and sulphur, elements of gunpowder, probably left by the men opening gunpowder bags with their teeth—a common practice in the Napoleonic era. DNA analysis showed that the men came from different parts of Europe.

Interesting, they remained hidden so long!
regards dave