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In 1806 Prussia opposed Napoleon's influence in Germany. It was backed by Russia and Britain. The Prussian army was beaten within weeks and then the war went on in Poland and East Prussia. The Treaties of Tilsit in July 1807 took away half of Prussia's territory.
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1807
On 16 February 1807, during the War of the Fourth Coalition, Essen's Russians attacked Ostrołęka, defended by Savary's troops. The French let them advance halfway down the streets before charging at the double, and the streets filled with the dead.
Photo: Unknown author (Public domain)
1806
"We thought the enemy had 50,000 men." So Murat is said to have told Napoleon after the Russian resistance at Golymin, on 26 December 1806.
Photo: Benjamin Zix (Public domain)
1806
In early November 1806, after Jena and Auerstedt, Blücher and the remnants of the Prussian army took refuge in Lübeck, a neutral city where Swedish troops were trying to embark. Bernadotte, Soult and Murat were chasing them.
Photo: Unknown artist; without any doubt dead for more than 70 years (Public domain)
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