noon
But a year before and he had issued his royal mandates from the palace of the Caesars ; and he burned now to date his bulletins from the palace of the Great Frederick . And on the tenth day after the battle of Jena the troops of Lannes 's division bivouacked in the plain around Potsdam . I had joined my brigade the day previous , and entered Berlin with them on the morning of the 23d of October . The preparations for a triumphal entry were made on the day before ; and by noon the troops approached the capital in all the splendor of full equipment . First came the grenadiers of Oudinot 's brigade , -- one of the finest corps in the French army ; their bright yellow facings and shoulder-knots had given them the _ sobriquet _ of the _ Grenadiers jaunes _ : they formed part of Davonst 's force at Auerstadt , and were opposed to the Prussian guard in the greatest shock of the entire day . After them came two battalions of the _ Chasseurs à pied _ , -- a splendid body of infantry , the remnant of four thousand who went into battle on the morning of the 15th . Then followed a brigade of artillery , each gun-carriage surmounted by a Prussian standard .