. Jena to Eylau : the disgrace and the redemption of the Old-Prussian army, a study in military history. whole cam-paign. A small Cossack detachment which hap-pened to come to Angerburg was placed on theoutpost line in the hope that the French wouldargue the presence of Russians as well as Prussiansthere. Instead of falling on and beating the enemy,it was sought to mystify and frighten him by pettystratagems of this sort. On the 8th of January LEstocq advanced toDrengfurt, but with a portion only of his forces,the remainder staying in their quarters. Conse-quently, only some small forays were
. Jena to Eylau : the disgrace and the redemption of the Old-Prussian army, a study in military history. whole cam-paign. A small Cossack detachment which hap-pened to come to Angerburg was placed on theoutpost line in the hope that the French wouldargue the presence of Russians as well as Prussiansthere. Instead of falling on and beating the enemy,it was sought to mystify and frighten him by pettystratagems of this sort. On the 8th of January LEstocq advanced toDrengfurt, but with a portion only of his forces,the remainder staying in their quarters. Conse-quently, only some small forays were made towardsthe Guber and the Alle, which gave the juniorofficers and men opportunity for displaying theirquality, but produced no lasting effect the 14th the General planned a foray on a largerscale against Schippenbeil, Bartenstein, and Bischof-stein, but he gave it up on learning that some ofNeys troops had entered Rössel. This was warafter the pattern of the Bavarian Succession 1 andRhine campaigns. About this time Bennigsen reached Bialla with 1 Called the Potato War.—Tr. MAP MAP 9.
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