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Napoleon enters Berlin after defeating the Prussian army at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt, oil on canvas painting by Charles Meynier, 1810. Palace of Versailles.

Emperor Napoleon I orders the II Corps of the Grande Armée into action at Augsburg on 12 October 1805, during the Ulm Campaign. Painting by Pierre-Claude Gautherot, 1808.

Napoleon prepares to escape from his exile on the island of Elba, 26 February 1815. Oil on canvas by Joseph Beaume, 1836. Musée Naval et Napoléonien, Cap d'Antibes.

Emperor Napoleon I salutes wounded Austrian soldiers after the surrender of the Austrian army in the Ulm Campaign, 20 October 1805. Painting by Jean-Baptiste Debret, 19th century.

Napoleon in exile on St. Helena, Watercolor by František Xaver Sandmann, c. 1820. National Museum of the Château de Malmaison.

Emperors Napoleon I of France and Francis II of Austria meet after the Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805) to discuss terms of peace. Oil on canvas painting by Antoine-Jean Gros, 1812. Palace of Versailles.

Napoleon takes command at the Battle of Friedland, 14 June 1807, by Edouard Bernard Debat-Ponsan, c. 19th century.

French Emperor Napoleon I confers with his marshal, Prince Józef Poniatowski, at the Battle of Leipzig (16-19 October 1813). Painting by January Suchodolski, circa 19th century.

Napoleon crossing the bridge to Lobau Island during the War of the Fifth Coalition, 1809, oil paint on wood, by Richard Caton Woodville, Jr, 1912. Tate, London.

The Battle of Borodino (7 September 1812) was a major battle fought during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. It saw the French Grande Armée of Emperor Napoleon I (r. 1804-1814; 1815) narrowly defeat an imperial Russian army under Mikhail Kutuzov...