Napoleon, after having turned the Prussians quickly, returned on them in Iéna, and launched to his army this proclamation: "Soldiers, the Prussian army is cut like that of Mack with Ulm, today a year ago; this army does not fight any more but to be done day; if a body were let bore, it would be lost of honor "the night was employed to strengthen a small escarpé plate which dominated the battle field; it was necessary to dig a way in the rock to hoist artillery, and Napoleon, a hand lantern with the hand, supervised itself the workers.

The following day evening the Prussian army was destroyed (October 14, 1806).

Napoleon reserved to the winner of Auerstoedt the honor to enter the first to Berlin (Oct. 25. 1806), and it joined it two days there afterwards: the Prussian middle-class men, rejecting the defeats of their fatherland on the nobility, accomodated the French by acclamations, and the Prussian authorities lent oath to Napoleon.

Friedland was another Austerlitz: Napoleon, after having crossed into two the Russian army, threw himself on the principal part, wrapped it, drove back it in Alle in the small town of Friedland, and covered the bridge of grapeshot; the Russians, who did not have an other line of retirement, threw themselves to water to flee, and much drowned: the battle cost them 40 000 died men, wounded or taken (June 14, 1807).

Napoleon had said to the Talma actor: "I will give you a floor of kings": it held word.

The interview of the Emperor and the Tsar had attracted in Erfurth almost all the sovereigns of Germany.

Talma was mandé there, and the tragedies of Crow, Root and Voltaire were played there in front of an assembly of princes, kings and emperors, such as one had never seen some.

With the famous worms of Oedipus: "the friendship of a great man is a benefit of the gods", the Alexandre tsar took the hand of Napoleon highly, and tightened it with emotion.

The Emperor of the French seemed the Master of the world (October 1808).