The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-15
OCTOBER II, 1906
What That Day Meant for Prussia Battles Of Tena
and Aueradt-The Centenary Of one Of
Napoleon's Greatest Triumphs.

vi lile UdIIeS OF jena and
Anerstadt, where Napoleon crushed
the power of Prussia. The following
account of these battles is contributed
by a student of history:
Prussia joined in the vsr of tho
european powers against revolution
airy france, in 1892, and it's army
under the duke of Brunswick came
perllousiy near Paris. But that king
u u gradually ceased to enter heart
NV lnto the tremendous struggle and
conciuded peace in 1895. From that
year until 1906 France almost I'M
ceaslngly, under the directory the
consulate and the empire. waped ',
war of conquest that involved Enrone
and, in fact affected the world whilo
PRUSSIA rested secure under the terms
of an ignoble peace. The electorata nc
Hanover. which became attached tn
the British crown, through the acceso
sion of the elector. George tn To
throne in 1714, adjoined, and was nat
urally coveted by Prussia. This fact
Napoleon thoroughly appreciated In
the campaign of 1905 (Which ended
disastrously for Austria and Russia
on the field of Austerlitz) Prussia had
pledged its support to the coalition
out. dismayed by the defeat of the
allies. abandoned them and Joined
with France, the price of the hetraval
being Hanover, a possession of Ene'
land, with which Prussia was then
on terms of friendship! What Va
| poleon himself thought of Prussia ~
that time is told by the French his
.orian. Theirs. Prussia" he said
,, sne VIII go to the highest bidder: /
WI, vii give nef more than you and she
WI. VIII range herself on my side" And
.Ie iliustrlous Charles James Fox told
ene mouse OF commons the conduct
o. PRUSSIA is a compound of every
!nlhs mat is contemplate in seryil-
lty, with everything that is odious in
rapacity.' ~
But II Prussia imagined it had nor
nlahehtly secured the favor of the en-
peloF Dy conduct which aroused tho
sontelhpt OF Europe it did not have tn
Vat "alt long before it was undeceiyed
Murat' the brother-in-law of Name.
leon' was made grand duke of Rars
anu Cleves in the heart of the Wes,7
plailah province; war levies were
maze on Frankfort. Hamburg and
bremen and the confederation of tho
t' composed of number of in
!erlof German powers. with a popu,a-
,icn OF sixteen millions, was estah-
llshed IN close alliance with France
~ "hlcn 1t was bound to furnish
lornliaaDle army. And, GROWING in
sui Vi all, the Prussian amba ssador
at faris now discovered that Nano-
leon was engaged in peace negotia-
.iohs with England on the basis of the
return OF Hanover to that power. The
hlhs OF Prussia. at last driven To
inevitable war. placed his armies on
war footing. Patriotic feeling ran
nlgh. The beautiful queen of Prussia
lhhameh the popular spirit by daily
appearing in the. streets of Berlin At
'he heaa OF her regiment of Hussars
but Napoleon. that great master of
war, was prepared. The flower of his
troops, numbering 100000 men, had
oeen massed in Bavaria and Swabia,
! not far from the Prussian frontier
Un a .he night of September "a and 25.
!o'o, ne left Paris, joined his irons
~ bavaria. and marched rapidly into
russia, which must stand the shock
alone. Inc passing of some Prussian
.lops INTO SaXony, on October s. was
1aken as a declaration of war, The
siencn army had been originate
formed for the invasion of England
ana when that project was abandoned
had been hastily transported into
austria, where it had won astonish-
lns victories. 1t had been raised to
standard OF efficiency not before
SHOWN by any army in Europe. Mar
shals OF the empire of Worldwide
,epute-Ney, Murat, Soult, Dayoust
ausereau and others-commanded it's
corp Gso The Prussian army of abouf
l-o'coo men was welldrilled and
atriotic, but without the hard bought
experience OF the seasoned French
veterans. The commanders were mere
theorists while Napoleon was the.
greatest soldier of the age, yery.
tnunderDolt OF war. He knew the
sltal Importance of concentrating his
forces and crushing the enemy by an
oser"helming superiority at the point
OF contact. And yet, when confronted
ny such general at the head of such
Soldiers. the Prussian commander de-
loerately divided his army so tina,
one part of it could be of no assist
ance to the other.
on the eve of the conflict both sides
issued manifestoes. Napoleon deliv-
ered one OF those prcclamations which
We're wont on such occasions tn r;na
out to his troops like trumpet cali
what them he said. shall we have
DraVed the seasons, the seas, the des-
erts-vanquished Europe repeatedly
coalesced against us-extended orr
glory from the east to the west-to
return at last to our country like
desserters. after having abandoned orr
allies and to have it said that the
French eagles fled at the mere sight
OF the Prussian standards"
After some preliminary contests in
one OF which fell the gallant Prince
Louis of Prussia. the leading French
divisions established themselves at
Jena, on the Saale, tributary of the
Elbe, renowned for its ancient uniyer-
slty, where Goethe lived and where
schiller wrote Wallenstein. Napo-
Icons design was to place his army
between the Prussian forces and Ber-
lin. While Lannes held Jena Dayoust
and Bernadotte marched rapidly upon
Naumberg to the northeast When
this skillful movement was completed
we behold the French with their
backs to Berlin and their faces to the
Rhine while the Prussians face Ber-
lin and have their backs to France.