The Battle of Saalfeld took place on the 10 October 1806. A French force of 12,800 men commanded by Marshal Jean Lannes defeated a Prussian-Saxon force of 8,300 men under Prince Louis Ferdinand.
Commander-in-chief : Marshal Jean Lannes
Chief of staff : Général de Division Claude Victor-Perrin
Général de Division Louis-Gabriel Suchet
Général de Brigade Michel Marie Claparède
Général de Brigade Honoré Charles Reille
Général de Brigade Dominique Honoré Antoine Vedel
(2x12lb, 6x8lb, 2x4lb cannons, 2x6" howitzers)
Général de Brigade Anne-François-Charles Trelliard
Generalleutenant Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
General staff: Stabskapitän Georg Wilhelm von Valentini
Generalmajor Karl Gerhard von Pelet
Prussian Troops
Saxon Troops
Generalmajor Friedrich Traugott von Trützschler
Generalmajor Friedrich Joseph von Bevilaqua
16 additional guns attached to the infantry regiments
Generalmajor Christian Ludwig Schimmelpfennig von der Oye
Total strength 9 October 1806: 7,500 infantry, 2,700 cavalry, 44 guns [4]