Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Eylau 1807

In 1807, Napoleon Bonaparte hoped to follow up his brilliant victories over Austria and Prussia with another decisive victory over the Russians in Poland. But amid freezing winter conditions, his attempted encirclement of General Bennigsen's Russian army near the East Prussian town of Eylau led, instead, to one of the most notorious battles of the Napoleonic Wars, fought in terrible conditions, with appalling losses on both sides. Support Epic History TV on Patreon from $1 per video, and get perks like ad-free early access & votes on future topics https://www.patreon.com/EpicHistoryTV Our recommended reading on the Battle of Eylau is James R Arnold, 'Crisis in the Snows' (2007) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crisis-Snows-Confronts-Napoleon-1806-1807/dp/0967098513 Visit our online bookshop to find great books on this and other topics: UK site - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/epichistorytv US site - https://bookshop.org/shop/epichistorytv As a bookshop.org affiliate we earn from qualifying purchases while donating 10% of sales to support independent bookshops! 👕 Buy posters, t-shirts, hoodies, mugs & stickers at our merch store: https://www.ehtvmerch.com/ 🎶 Filmstro Music from: https://filmstro.com/?ref=7765 Get 20% off an annual license with this exclusive code: EPICHISTORYTV_ANN #EpicHistoryTV #NapoleonicWars #Napoleon