Jena to Eylan, the Disgrace and the Redemption of the Old-Prussian Army
i] Bij.u'iwi^JUK ^-.7 b -^ J MAP I. RUSSIA PRUSSIA IN1806 Possessions before 1772 bavana (1st Partition of Poland). Acquisitions 1772-1806. JENA TO EYLAU THE DISGRACE AND THE REDEMP- TION OF THE OLD-PRUSSIAN ARMY A STUDY IN MILITARY HISTORY BV COLMAR, FREIHERR VON DER GOLTZ Royal Prussian General-Field-Marshal TRANSLATED BY C. F. ATKINSON Captain, Unattached List (University of London, O.T.C) WITH SIXTEEN MAPS NEW YORK E. P. BUTTON AND COMPANY LONDON: KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRtJBNER & CO. LTD. 1913 AUTHOR'S PREFACE Unlike my previous book, Von liossbach bis Jena und Auerstedt, the present work is not as a whole based upon personal research, although as regards the battle of Eylau itself, and especially as regards the part played by the Prussian troops therein, this is to some extent the case. I think that by thoroughly examining the ground itself and com- paring it with the received accounts of the battle, I have brought forward some new suggestions that should be of use to the student who tries to clear up the doings of L'Estocq's corps on the 8th of February 1807. My main object has been to provide a general and non-technical account of events between the double battle of Jena—Auerstedt on the 14th of October 1806 and the next great decision in arms at Preussisch Eylau on the 8th of February 1807 : a narrative which I myself felt to be a necessary supplement to the more comprehensive work which preceded it. O?75795 vi AUTHOR'S PREFACE Those of my readers who have followed my account of the Old-Prussian army in Von Eossbach bis Jena and
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