Opposing Armies
- See the Jena-Auerstedt Campaign Order of Battle for details of French, Prussian, and Saxon unit organization.
Both armies were split into separate parts. The Prussian king had three forces:
- 90,000 under Duke of Brunswick
- 38,000 under Prince Hohenlohe
- 15,000 under General von Rüchel.
Napoleon's main force at Jena consisted of about 150,000 men in total:
- Soult's IV Corps
- Lannes' V Corps
- Ney's VI Corps
- Augereau's VII Corps
- the cavalry of Murat.
Further north, in the vicinity of Auerstedt, the French forces were Bernadotte's I Corps (20,000 strong) and Davout's III Corps (27,000).
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