Through swirling smoke from cannon and musket fire, Marshal Michel Ney squinted at the center of the English line at Waterloo. It was June 18, 1815, and the French commander could see British regiments leaving the field.
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Soldiers front teeth were collected from war dead for use by dentists following Napoleonic-era battles, including at Leipzig and the 1815 Battle of Waterloo. Above: A denture set from the era.
The incredible discovery, exclusively revealed in the UK by MailOnline, is all the more remarkable because only two skeletons have ever been found at the 1815 battle site. Above: One of the skulls found.
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