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"Austria wants to get slapped; she shall have it," Napoleon boasted. "If the Emperor Francis attempts any hostile move, he will soon have ceased to reign." Two weeks later, Napoleon battered the ...

The Emperor Francis I had fled, leaving his palaces and gardens to the enemy. Bonaparte triumphantly paraded through the winding streets. Two months before, he had been encamped on the English ...

Although Napoleon enjoyed a great many victories, his success at Austerlitz in 1805 against the combined forces of Tsar Alexander I and the Holy Roman Emperor Francis II is perhaps his greatest.