Battle of Waren-Nossentin
The Battle of Waren-Nossentin on 1 November 1806 saw soldiers of the Kingdom of Prussia led by August Wilhelm von Pletz and Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg fight a rear guard action against troops of the First French Empire commanded by Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte. Though forced to give ground, the Prussians successfully kept the French from inflicting serious loss or cutting off any units in this War of the Fourth Coalition action. Waren lies on the northern end of Lake Müritz, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southeast of Rostock. Nossentin is a small village on the Fleesen See about 15 kilometres (9 mi) due west of Waren.
View of Müritz Lake from St. Mary's Church tower in Waren
Marshal Bernadotte
Claude-Étienne Guyot
Battle of Waren-Nossentin, 1 November 1806, showing forests and lakes.
The twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt were fought on 14 October 1806 on the plateau west of the river Saale in today's Germany, between the forces of Napoleon I of France and Frederick William III of Prussia. The defeat suffered by the Prussian Army subjugated the Kingdom of Prussia to the French Empire until the Sixth Coalition was formed in 1813.
Napoleon rebukes a Grenadier of his Imperial Guard, who according to legend, eager to join the battle, shouted "en avant!" – "forward!" – during the battle of Jena. By Horace Vernet, 1836
The Battle of Jena.
French dragoon with captured Prussian flag at the battle of Jena
Marshal Joachim Murat, the most famous of many daring and charismatic French cavalry commanders of the era, leads a charge during the battle.