In the meantime Jena had been fought. The Prussians commenced by attacking Angereau, who held a village and a forest on the right wing. Lannes coming to his support with Soult, at length drove back the Prussians, whose discipline kept them in huge masses, that advanced and retired like machi nery. On this repulse Napoleon pushed forward Ney and a large re serve of cavalry, at the same time launching his centre—the Imperial Guards, who were fresh and in high spirits. As the Prussians loosened and wavered, Murat’s dragoons and the cavalry of reserve broke down up on them, and drove them hack to Wei mar, where they lost all shape and scattered towards Madgeburg. In the i meantime Bernadotte at Alpolda had also routed a Prussian detachment. In this fatal battle the Prussians lost twenty thousand men, three hundred guns, twenty generals, and sixty (Stand ards.
