The War of the Third Coalition (11 April 1805 to 18 July 1806) pitted France and its allies against a coalition of the United Kingdom, the Austrian Empire, the Russian Empire, Naples, Sicily and Sweden. It ended in decisive French victory, capped by Napoleon's triumph at Austerlitz and formalized by the Treaty of Pressburg in December 1805. Historians differ on the war's precise end date, since Austria's exit shattered the coalition in December 1805 but fighting, notably the French invasion of Naples, continued into mid-1806.
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CombatantsFrance and its allies against a coalition of the United Kingdom, Austria, Russia, Naples, Sicily and Sweden. 1 OutcomeFrench victory, formalized by the Treaty of Pressburg, December 1805. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: War of the Third Coalition
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Historians differ on when the War of the Third Coalition began and when it ended.
1. Wikipedia: War of the Third Coalition
1. Wikipedia: War of the Third Coalition
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French victory
1. Wikipedia: War of the Third Coalition
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Guerre de la Troisieme Coalition
Wikipedia: Battle of Austerlitz
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French - Napoleon I
Wikipedia: Battle of Austerlitz
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ended the War of the Third Coalition
Wikipedia: Grande Armee
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redesignated for the 1805 campaign that culminated at Austerlitz
Wikipedia: Napoleonic Wars
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Wikipedia: Horatio Nelson
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War of the Third Coalition
Wikipedia: Battle of Trafalgar
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the Trafalgar campaign of the War of the Third Coalition
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