List of battles of the War of the Fourth Coalition
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200km
125miles
125miles
Friedland
27
26
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23
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21
Eylau
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19
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14
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12
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10
9
8
Berlin
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6
5
4
Jena–Auerstedt
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2
1
⬤ Napoleon not in command
⬤ Napoleon in command
This is a list of sieges, land and naval battles of the War of the Fourth Coalition (9 October 1806 – 9 July 1807). It can be divided into several campaigns:
- the Jena campaign in modern-day Thuringia (9–14 October 1806);
- the post-Jena or Prenzlau-Lübeck campaign in Brandenburg and Pomerania (October–November 1806); various sieges resulting from this offensive continued until August 1807;
- the Eylau campaign in the eastern provinces of Prussia (23 December 1806 – 8 February 1807);
- the Friedland campaign in the eastern provinces of Prussia (16 February 1807 – 14 June 1807).
Some battles overlapped with the Franco-Swedish War. Excluded is the Gunboat War.
See also
[edit]- List of battles of the War of the First Coalition
- List of battles of the War of the Second Coalition
- List of battles of the War of the Third Coalition
- List of battles of the War of the Fifth Coalition
- List of battles of the War of the Sixth Coalition
- List of battles of the Hundred Days (War of the Seventh Coalition)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Wörner 2004, p. 15.
- ^ Erkenbrecher 1998, p. 15.
- ^ Burgdorf 2006, p. 58.
- ^ a b c Lilienstern 2008.
- ^ Everson, Robert E. (2014). Marshal Jean Lannes In The Battles Of Saalfeld, Pultusk, And Friedland, 1806 To 1807: The Application Of Combined Arms In The Opening Battle. Pickle Partners Publishing. p. 44. ISBN 978-1782899037. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
When the Prussians were beaten and Napoleon gave Saxony their autonomy as a kingdom, the Saxons allied themselves with the French. (...) The Saxons also had a small division with two brigades, two cavalry regiments and two foot batteries in the French reserve Corps at Friedland.
Sources
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- Burgdorf, Wolfgang (2006). Ein Weltbild verliert seine Welt (in German). Oldenbourg. ISBN 978-3-486-58110-2.
- Erkenbrecher, Hans, ed. (1998). Die Residenzstadt Gotha in der Goethe-Zeit. Palmbaum Texte: Kulturgeschichte. Vol. 5.
- Lilienstern, Helga Rühle von (2008). Das grosse Geheimnis von Hildburghausen (in German). Salier Verlag. ISBN 978-3-939611-19-6.
- Wörner, Nadine (2004). Süddeutschland in den Revolutions- und napoleonischen Kriegen (in German). GRIN Verlag. ISBN 978-3-640-28651-5.