ter with the death of the
brave prince, who, refusing to surrender, was run through the body by
the sabre of a quartermaster of the Tenth Hussars.

General d'Auvergne's brigade had no share in this memorable action, for
on the 9th we were marched to Rudolstadt, some miles to the left of the
scene of the encounter; but having made a demonstration in that quarter,
were speedily recalled, and ordered with all haste to cross the Saale,
and move on to the eastward.

It was now that Napoleon's manoeuvres became apparent. The same intrigue
which succeeded at Ulm was again to be employed here: the enemy's flank
was to be turned, the communication with his reinforcements cut off, and
a battle engaged, in which defeat must prove annihilation. Such, then,
was the complete success of the Emperor's movements, that on the 12th
the French army was posted with the rear upon the Elbe, while the
Prussians occupied a line between them and the Rhine. This masterly
movement at once compelled the enemy to fall back and concentrate
his troops around Jena and Weimar, which, from that instant, Napoleon
pronounced must be the scene of a great battle.

All this detail I have been obliged to force on my reader, and now again
return to my story.

On the morning of the 13th, Murat appeared for the first time at our
headquarters, below Jena; and after a short consultation with the staff,
our squadrons were formed and ordered to push on with haste towards
Jena.

Everything now showed that the decisive hour could not be distant:
couriers passed and repassed; messengers and orderlies met us at every
step; while, as is ever the case, the most contradictory rumors were
circulated about the number and position of the enemy. As we neared
Lausnitz, however, we learned that the whole Prussian army occupied the
plateau of Jena, save a corps of twenty thousand men which were
stationed at Auerstadt. From the elevated spot we occupied, the columns
of Marshal Berna-dotte's division could be seen marching to the
eastward. A halt was now commanded, and the troops prepared their
bivouacs; when, as night was falling, a staff-officer rode up, with
orders from the Emperor himself to push on without delay for Jena.

The road was much cut up by the passage of cavalry and wagons, and as
the night was dark, our pace was occasionally impeded. I was riding with
one of the leading squadrons, when General d'Auvergne directed me to
take an orderly with me, and proceed in