FLIGHT OF THE EAGLE

OCTOBER 1806 FRENCH TURN

Paris in the fall is beautiful. Napoleon returns to his capital to belatedly celebrate his victory over the Austrians. Marshal Massena, now in command of the Grande Armée on the Oder, settles into winter quarters.

La Romana withdraws from Portugal into Spain. Meanwhile, in Toulouse on the Franco-Spanish border, Marshal Soult and his entourage arrive for an unspecified assignment.

OCTOBER 1806 ALLIED TURN

Snow begins to fall and temperatures drop. Aside from a few cossack patrols, the countryside between the Vistula and Oder remains quiet.

General Uxbridge returns to England amid great celebration and adulation for turning back the Spanish invasion.