Napoleon's Conquest of Prussia 1806 - Paperback

by F. Loraine Petre (Author), Field Marshal Earl Roberts (Introduction by)

1907. With seven maps and battle plans and numerous portraits and other illustrations. Petre recounts Napoleon's crushing defeat of the Prussians as a cautionary tale to statesmen. Contents: The Origin of the War; The Armies of the Contending Powers; The Plans of Campaign; Movements of Both Sides Up to the 10th October; The Action of Saalfeld (Oct. 10); Operations from the 10th to the 13th October; The Battle of Jena; The Battle of Auerstadt; Strategy and Tactics of the First Period of the War; Events of the 15th to 17th October; From the Action of Halle to the Occupation of Berlin; The Pursuit of Hohenlohe and His Capitulation at Prenzlau; Blucher's March to Lubeck and Surrender at Ratkau; The Fate of Magdeburg, Hesse-Cassel, and Hameln; and Concluding Remarks on the Second Period of the War. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.