Napoleon's Hussars made their first real impact in 1806 with their astonishing pursuit of the Prussians over 1 160km from the river Saale to the Oder in twenty-five days They then capped this feat on arrival when  by dint of audacious demonstrations by the 500 men of the combined 5th and 7th Hussars  the 6 000-strong Prussian garrison was bluffed into capitulating its fortress at Stettin along with 160 cannon