Battle of Jena-Auerstadt

## Battle of Jena–Auerstedt

* Battle Map
* Saale

## Combatants

 Prussian Military
 French

 Saxony Military

## Commanders

**Jena**:
 Hohenlohe
**Jena**:
 Napoleon

**Auerstedt**:
 Brunswick**†**
**Auerstedt**:
 Davout

 Frederick William III

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### Background

The twin battles of Jena and Auerstädt (in modern sources written as Auerstedt) were fought on October 14, 1806 on the plateau west of the river Saale, between the forces of Napoleon I of France and King Frederick William III of Prussia. The decisive defeat suffered by the Prussian army resulted in Prussia's elimination from the anti-French coalition.

### Battle

It is during this battle that Temeraire calls Laurence’s attention to an oddity that the horse he is eating is wearing. It is hood with blinders and herbal scents around the noise. The purpose is so the horse wont scent or see the dragons and the Calvary can fight closer to the dragons then before.

#### Aerial Battle

The small light French dragons harassed the Prussian dragons while the French heavy weights rested and ate. When the battle looks like it is turning in the Prussian favor the French heavy weights launch, but the smaller dragons kept fouling the view of the Prussian dragons and their crews so no one could see what the French were up to. When the Prussian dragons meet the French, the heavy weights are in a wedge formation, but instead of giving battle to individual dragons they sweep by the Prussian heavy weights. The French middle weights which make up the middle of the wedge, surrounds the Prussian formation leaders while their boarding parties jump over. Every Prussian heavy weight dragon is captured this way.

The French Heavy weights go after the Prussian middle-weights to prevent them from aiding their formation leaders.

Temeraire is also harassed but his quickness saves him from being captured even though he has a small boarding party land on him. The boarding party lands near Laurence and young Badenhaur throws himself on top of Laurence and takes a knife wound. Granby sees the boarders and throws off his harness to make haste to Laurence’s rescue, but two of the boarders grab Granby and throw him off, Temeraire immediately dives after him and secures him within his talons before it is too late.

With all of the formation leaders captured the other Prussian dragons don’t know what to do and they are either slaughtered or they surrender to save their captains and crew. A few formations in the back saw what is happening to the formation leaders in the front and they draw in to protect their own leaders, but are driven back further and further from the battle.

Just when Laurence is about ready to tell Temeraire to retreat from the battle, Lien appears and all of the French dragons withdraw to a line directly above the French troops. She let out a Divine Wind, not directed at anything in particular, the French Heavy weight dragons take over and dive for the Prussian infantry rants, raking great swaths of the military with their claws, causing the back ranks to break and run.

The Battle is lost and the Prussians are defeated.

#### Dragons

All 14 of Prussia's heavy-weight dragons were taken captive during a full day of battle. The Prussian adherence to the strict formations that were created by Frederick II aka Frederick the Great over twenty years prior, was instrumental in their defeat. By the time the Prussian's realized that their unwillingness to change was contributing to their loosing it was too late for them to recover.

Dragons taken prisoner:

* Eroica

#### Captains

* Abend
* Dyhern
* Schliemann

### Aftermath

The King has gone to Sömmerda, with is the fallback location. As soon as Laurence gets the word, they fly there themselves, very few Prussian dragons have made it to there, too.

From there they are to go to Halle, but before they leaves a wounded courier arrives with the news that Halle has fallen to the French. As Temeraire is the only Heavy weight dragon left, Hohenlohe ask Laurence if they will take the King and Queen to Berlin.

## Historical References

For historical information, visit wikipedia:Battle of Jena–Auerstedt