The Battle of Eylau Finish:Stretched Just crossing the finishing the

Just crossing the finishing the line

Plate 24 from Fossilium Metalla Et Res Metallicas Concernentium Glebae Suis Coloribus Expressae by Casimir Christoph Schmiedel (Nuremberg

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Policeman Bull warns Mr Lowe of the risks of pursuing this course of action

This cartoon shows that punctuality was rare in 1878

The Battle of Eylau Finish:Stretched Just crossing the finishing theThe Battle of Eylau, Germany, 9th February 1807. The Battle of Eylau was one of the major engagements of the War of the Third Coalition. Napoleon fought Russians and Prussians under the command of Count Bennigsen near the Prussian town of Eylau (modern Russian Bagrationovsk). Both sides sustained heavy casualties, and the outcome of the battle was inconclusive.