William Pitt the Younger Chatham, 2ndDecember 1804
An Anglo-Swedish agreement leads to the creation of the 3rd Coalition
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An Anglo-Swedish agreement leads to the creation of the 3rd Coalition
Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg, which takes Austria out of the war
The Battle of Austerlitz brings the 3rd Coalition to an end
Builds the Third Coalition while Trafalgar secures British command of the sea.
Prior to the formation of the 3rd Coalition, Napoleon had assembled the Army of England, an invasion force meant to strike at the British Isles, around six camps at Boulogne-sur-Mer in Northern France. Mutual suspicion between the British and the Russians eased in the face of several French political mistakes, and by April of 1805 the two had signed a Treaty of alliance
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