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Old 04-30-2016, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Legbreaker View Post
Yes, getting sick can be quite nasty if you look at this way, but these diseases have killed many people over the centuries, they are nasty.
In fact, it was more common historically for soldiers to die of disease while on campaign rather than enemy action; Henry V is thought to have died of dysentery himself while in France.

The first case where this was reversed was in the Prussian-Danish War of 1864
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