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 | | The battle of Auerstädt came early in the campaign, barely a week after the war had begun, and the Third Corps was in perfect condition. |
 | | After the war was over, in the relative peace of the second half of 1807 and 1808, Davout and his staff prepared an official report on the operations of the Third Corps which was presented to Napoleon on 9 January 1809. |
 | | So much of the military history of the period (and of most other periods) has been written exclusively from the viewpoint either of the eagle or the worm that it is a revelation of to find such a rich source of material relating to the intermediate levels of command. |
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