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Napoleon

Battle of Friedland

Sunday Jun 14, 1807
Friedland, Prussia (Present Day Pravdinsk, Russia)

On 14 June Napoleon obtained an overwhelming victory over the Russians at the Battle of Friedland, wiping out the majority of the Russian army in a very bloody struggle. The scale of their defeat convinced the Russians to make peace with the French.


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