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Nelson was dead; the war continued. Before and after his coronation as Emperor in December 1804, Napoleon had concentrated his army at Boulogne. Thwarted in his invasion plans by the British navy’s command of the Channel, he changed plans, and moved in August 1805 against Austria and Russia. The battle of Ulm (October 1805), which caused the surrender of the main Austrian army under Mack, was followed by the brilliant victory over the Russians and Austrians at Austerlitz in December 1805. In October 1806 Prussia was defeated at Jena, and the Russians again at Friedland (after the indecisive battle of Eylau in February 1807). The treaty of Tilsit which followed established Napoleon at the height of his power in Europe: the only country which escaped his rigorous control was Portugal.
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Watson, J.R. (2003). Poetry and the Army: The War, 1807–08. In: Romanticism and War. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230514539_7
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