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The twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt (older name: Auerstädt) were fought on 14 October 1806 on the plateau west of the river Saale in today's Germany, between the forces of Napoleon I of France and Frederick William III of Prussia. The decisive defeat suffered by the Prussian Army subjugated the Kingdom of Prussia to the French Empire until the Sixth Coalition was formed in 1812.〔David Chandler, ''The Campaigns of Napoleon'' (1966) pp 479-506〕 Several figures integral to the reformation of the Prussian Army participated at Jena–Auerstedt, including Gebhard von Blücher, Carl von Clausewitz, August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, and Hermann von Boyen. ==Opposing armies== (詳細はFrederick The Great. Its greatest weakness was its staff organization. Most of the divisions were poorly organized and did not communicate well with each other. The Prussians had three forces: *90,000 under Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick *38,000 under Friedrich Ludwig, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen *15,000 under Ernst von Rüchel. The Grand Armée loved their Emperor and their generals. The army was very experienced and was very well led, with a good mix of older, more experienced Marshals, and younger, upcoming Marshals. Napoleon's main force at Jena consisted of about 40,000 men in total: *Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult's IV Corps *Jean Lannes' V Corps *Michel Ney's VI Corps *Pierre Augereau's VII Corps *The cavalry of Joachim Murat. Further north, in the vicinity of Auerstedt, the French forces were Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte's I Corps (20,000 strong) and Louis Nicolas Davout's III Corps (27,000). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Jena–Auerstedt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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