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But the best proof how severely Napoleon had felt the struggle of Preuss-Eylau, is to be found in a communication which he made to Frederick William, on the 13th of February, five days after the battle, offering him, in effect, the complete, or nearly complete restoration of his dominions, provided he would accept of a separate peace: with the king's answer; namely, that it was impossible for him to enter on any treaty unless the Czar were a party in it.
The night was clear, and he could trace the enemy's line darkening the whole of an admirably selected position, between which and the dearly contested town, a level space covered with snow, and two or three small frozen lakes, glittered in the mingled light of an unclouded moon and innumerable watch-fires. The great battle of PREUSS-EYLAU was fought on the 8th of February.
The Decrees of Berlin Napoleon renews the campaign Warsaw taken Enthusiasm of the Poles Retreat of the Russians Battle of Pultusk The French go into winter quarters Battle of Preuss-Eylau Taking of Dantzick Battle of Friedland Armistice Expeditions of the English to Calabria, Constantinople, Egypt, and Buenos Ayres Peace of Tilsit.
He selected the town of Preuss-Eylau, and a strong position behind it, as his field of battle; and after two skirmishes, one at Landsberg, the other nearer the chosen ground, in the former of which the French, in the latter the Russians, had the advantage, the whole army reached Preuss-Eylau on the 7th of February.
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