Thirteen days after Jena and Auerstedt, Napoleon entered Berlin, the honour of the vanguard going to Davout's corps. He had Frederick II's sword sent to the Invalides and confiscated the quadriga from the Brandenburg Gate. Prussia, halved at Tilsit, would answer the humiliation with the reforms of Stein and Scharnhorst.
See also
Battles Jena
Characters Louis-Nicolas Davout
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