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http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/04/07/first-complete-battle-waterloo-skeleton-identified-as-german-soldier/
A 200-year old skeleton discovered beneath a parking lot at the Battle of Waterloo site has been identified
as a German soldier. The remains are the first full skeleton to be recovered from the famous battlefield in
Belgium.
The soldier, 23-year old Friedrich Brandt, was a member of the King’s German Legion of British monarch
George III, the Sunday Times reports. Brandt, who had curvature of the spine, known at the time as
“hunchback,” was killed when a musket ball fired by Napoleon’s troops lodged in his ribs. Recent analysis
revealed Brandt’s identity after his remains were unearthed by a mechanical digger at the site in 2012.
While Waterloo claimed tens of thousands of lives, the bodies of soldiers and horses on the battlefield
were used for fertilizer in subsequent years, making the full skeleton a notable find.
A 200-year old skeleton discovered beneath a parking lot at the Battle of Waterloo site has been identified
as a German soldier. The remains are the first full skeleton to be recovered from the famous battlefield in
Belgium.
The soldier, 23-year old Friedrich Brandt, was a member of the King’s German Legion of British monarch
George III, the Sunday Times reports. Brandt, who had curvature of the spine, known at the time as
“hunchback,” was killed when a musket ball fired by Napoleon’s troops lodged in his ribs. Recent analysis
revealed Brandt’s identity after his remains were unearthed by a mechanical digger at the site in 2012.
While Waterloo claimed tens of thousands of lives, the bodies of soldiers and horses on the battlefield
were used for fertilizer in subsequent years, making the full skeleton a notable find.