Commemorations

 BICENTENARY DOSSIER: THE POLISH CAMPAIGN, FRIEDLAND (14 JUNE, 1807)   [08/06/2007 - 08/06/2099]

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14 June, 1807, was the day on which Napoleon got his decisive battle in which he drove Alexander to defeat and to the negotiating table. On the evening of the battle at Friedland Napoleon was to write to the Empress Joséphine : «My dear, I will only write a few words because I am exceedingly tired; I've been in a bivouac for many days now. My children have worthily celebrated the anniversary of the battle of Marengo. The battle of Friedland will be as celebrated and glorious for my people as those of Austerlitz and Jena. The whole of the Russian army has been routed, I have taken 80 cannon, there are 30,000 men dead or captured, 25 Russian generals killed, wounded or taken, the Russian Guard has been crushed … ».
 
TIMELINE:
- International events from January to June 1807

TEXTS AND ARTICLES:
- From Eylau to Friedland, or what happened to the "Fourth Coalition", by Peter Hicks
- From Eylau to Friedland, by Jacques Garnier
- FRIEDLAND or the consecration of Marshal Victor, by Jean-Pierre Tarin

BIBLIOGRAPHY 
- Bibliography on the Battle of Eylau and the Battle of Friedland

IN PICTURES:
- Map of the Polish Campaign
- The Battle of Friedland, by Horace Vernet (here © Photo12 - Fondation Napoléon)
- 1807, by Ernest Meissonier
- The Battle of Friedland
 
BIOGRAPHIES:
The French
- AUGUEREAU, Pierre-François-Charles, Duc de Castiglione (1757-1816) Marshal
- BERNADOTTE, Jean-Baptiste-Jules (1763-1844), Marshal, king of Sweden and Norway
- BESSIÈRES, Jean-Baptiste, Duc d'Istrie (1768-1813), Marshal
- BONAPARTE, Jérôme (1784–1860), King of Westphalia
- DAVOUT or D'AVOUT, Louis-Nicolas, Duc d'Auerstaedt, prince d'Eckmühl, (1770-1823), Marshal
- LANNES, Jean (1769-1809), Duc de Montebello, Marshal
- MURAT, Joachim, (1767-1815), Marshal, King of Naples
- NEY, Michel, duc d'Elchingen, Prince de la Moskowa, (1769-1815), Marshal
- SOULT, Jean de Dieu, Duc de Dalmatie (1769-1851), Marshal

The Russians Prussians
- BAGRATION (Prince Peter), 1765-1812
- BENNIGSEN, Levin, count (1735-1826), German general in the Russian army
- FREDERICK WILLIAM III (1770-1827), King of Prussia
- LESTOCQ, Anton Wilhelm von, Prussian Cavalry general

 Language
English