Allied with France and Britain, Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian commander, agreed to help relieve the French, under attack from Germany, with an offensive in East Prussia. This required mobility ...

But they repeatedly reversed these decisions. Apart from Austria, Prussia was the strongest German state. It was the only state that showed any real ability to unite Germany. It was clear that ...

"The idea that Prussia could take the field against me by herself," he said, "seems so ridiculous that it does not merit discussion." Within three weeks in October of 1806, he brought the ...