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The Battle of Saalfeld took place on October 10, 1806, between Prince Louis Ferdinand (with some 8000 men and 44 guns) and a division of Lannes' corps (12,000 men) under the Marshal himself. The Prussian infantry was broken and driven under the walls of Saalfeld, whereupon the Prince put himself at the head of his cavalry and charged the advancing French. The charge was repulsed and the Prince, refusing to surrender, was cut down and killed. The Prussians lost in this action 400 killed and wounded, 1,000 prisoners and 20 guns.
Temeraire and his crew, along with Eroica's formation, fought in this battle. The tightly ordered Prussian style of formation-flying did the Prussian forces few favors, and the aerial forces were forced to retreat.
