JENA, AUERSTAEDT. Triumph of the Eagle (FRENCH VERSION)

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The crushing victory of Napoleon I over the Prussian army on October 14, 1806 was, in reality, the combined effect of two simultaneous but entirely separate battles. In front of Jena, Napoleon met the Prussian and Saxon army of Hohenlohe in numerical conditions favorable to the French army. From this point of view, the battle of Jena in the strict sense is a resounding victory but without surprise. On the contrary, the Battle of Auerstaedt, fought at the same time a few leagues further north, remains one of the greatest military exploits of all time. There, Davout confronts, with his third corps alone, the main army of the King of Prussia, realizing the unthinkable feat of routing the elite of this army which believed itself to be the best in the world. The merits of the Emperor do are no less remarkable in the course of the strategic phase, in the organization of its army, in the setting up of its reserves. Napoleon directs the march of his army corps in a brilliant way in the face of an adversary entangled in his discussions and his hesitations. He thinks fast, he goes fast and he can only win. No victory of Napoleon has been and will be as effective and as total as this brilliant double blow of October 14, 1806. At Jena and at Auerstaedt, the Prussian army, defeated on both counts, is put to flight and soon annihilated. Lannes will be the hero of Jena, Davout the winner of Auerstaedt, and both the great artisans of the Triumph of the Eagle. In 120 full color pages illustrated with 100 period documents and portraits, nearly 50 uniform boards drawn in computer graphics by André Jouineau and no less than 17 maps, doctor FG. Hourtoulle makes us relive, hour by hour and in great detail, these great moments in the military history of France.