1907. With seven maps and battle plans and numerous portraits and other illustrations. Petre recounts Napoleon's crushing defeat of the Prussians as a cautionary tale to statesmen. Contents: The Origin of the War; The Armies of the Contending Powers; The Plans of Campaign; Movements of Both Sides Up to the 10th October; The Action of Saalfeld (Oct. 10); Operations from the 10th to the 13th October; The Battle of Jena; The Battle of Auerstadt; Strategy and Tactics of the First Period of the War; Events of the 15th to 17th October; From the Action of Halle to the Occupation of Berlin; The Pursuit of Hohenlohe and His Capitulation at Prenzlau; Blucher's March to Lubeck and Surrender at Ratkau; The Fate of Magdeburg, Hesse-Cassel, and Hameln; and Concluding Remarks on the Second Period of the War. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.