What is Battle of Jena-Auerstadt?
{{Infobox military conflict |conflict=Battle of Jena–Auerstedt |partof=the War of the Fourth Coalition |image= Iena.jpg |caption=Napoleon reviewing the Imperial Guard, by Horace Vernet. |date=14 October 1806 |place= Jena and [[Auerstedt]], [[Germany]] |coordinates={{coord|50|57|00|N|11|34|30|E|region:DE-TH_type:event_scale:50000|display=inline,title}} |result=Decisive French victory |territory=Grande Armée|French Grand Army occupies the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] |combatant1={{flagicon|France}} [[First French Empire|French Empire]] |combatant2={{flag|Prussia|1803}}<br>{{flagcountry|Electorate of Saxony}} |commander1={{flagicon|France}} [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon I]]<br>{{flagicon|France}} Louis Nicolas Davout<br>{{flagicon|France}} Michel Ney |commander2={{flagicon|Prussia|1803}} Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick{{KIA}}<br>{{flagicon|Prussia|1803}} Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen |strength1=<u>197,000</u><br>150,000 (Jena);<br>47,000 (Auerstedt) |strength2=<u>120,500</u><br>60,000 (Jena);<br>60,500 (Auerstedt) |casualties1=<u>14,920 dead and wounded</u><br>7,500 (Jena);<br>7,420 dead and wounded (Auerstedt) |casualties2=<u>38,000 dead, wounded and captured</u><br>25,000 (Jena);<br>13,000 (Auerstedt) }} The '''Battle of Jena-Auerstadt''' was fought on October 14, 1806. It was part of the [[War of the Fourth Coalition]]. It was fought between the [[France|French]] and the [[Prussia]]ns. The battle was a victory for [[Napoleon]] of France and he conquered Prussia. ==Prelude== In 1806 the Fourth Coalition was formed by [[Great Britain]], [[Sweden]], [[Russia]], and [[Prussia]] against Napoleon and France.<ref name=Chandler28>David G Chandler, ''Jena 1806: Napoleon Destroys Prussia'' (London: Osprey, 1993), p. 28</ref> Napoleon invaded Prussia in the fall. [[Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]] commanded the Prussians at Jena-Auerstadt.<ref name=Weigley392>Russell F. Weigley, ''The Age of Battles: The Quest for Decisive Warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo'' (Bloom