1806 Battle of Jena and Auerstedt
210 years ago, on October 14, 1806, Napoleon defeated the Prussian army in a double battle at Jena and Auerstedt (on the territory of the present German state of Thuringia). The Prussians lost 315 guns and 33,000 men killed, wounded and captured, while the French lost only 12,500 men. After this battle, Prussia offered no serious resistance to Napoleon until 1813.