August Neidhardt von Gneisenau
August Wilhelm Antonius Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau was a Prussian field marshal. He was a prominent figure in the reform of the Prussian military and the War of Liberation.
Gneisenau by George Dawe, 1818
Statue of Gneisenau, Unter den Linden, Berlin by Christian Daniel Rauch
The Battle of Saalfeld took place on 10 October 1806, at which a French force of 12,800 men commanded by Marshal Jean Lannes defeated a Prussian-Saxon force of 8,300 men under Prince Louis Ferdinand. The battle took place in Thuringia in what was the Ernestine duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. The battle was the second clash in the Prussian Campaign of the War of the Fourth Coalition.
The death of Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, by Peter Edward Stroehling
Jean Lannes
Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
Battle of Saalfeld