Editing Battle of Austerlitz (section)

==Historical views==
[[File:Gros - Entrevue - 1812.jpg|thumb|''[[Interview Between Napoleon and Francis II after the Battle of Austerlitz|Interview Between Napoleon and Francis II]]'' by [[Antoine-Jean Gros]], 1812. Napoleon and [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis I]] after the Battle of Austerlitz]]

Napoleon did not succeed in defeating the Allied army as thoroughly as he wanted,{{sfn |Uffindell |page=25}} but historians and enthusiasts alike recognize that the original plan provided a significant victory, comparable to other great tactical battles such as [[Battle of Cannae|Cannae]].{{sfn|Gilbert|2000|p=133}} Some historians suggest that Napoleon was so successful at Austerlitz that he lost touch with reality, and what used to be French foreign policy became a "personal Napoleonic one" after the battle.{{sfn |McLynn |page=350}} In [[History of France|French history]], Austerlitz is acknowledged as an impressive military victory, and in the 19th century, when fascination with the [[First French Empire]] was at its height, the battle was revered by French authors such as [[Victor Hugo]], who wrote of the "sound of heavy cannons rolling towards Austerlitz" echoing in the "depths of [his] thoughts".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hugo |first=Victor |title=Œuvres |year=1843 |volume=3 |page=51 |chapter=Regard jeté dans une mansarde |quote=Je ne hais pas d'entendre au fond de ma pensée / Le bruit des lourds canons roulant vers Austerlitz. |author-link=Victor Hugo |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hKVKFZ-4I3cC&pg=PA51 |orig-year=1840 |lang=fr}}</ref> In the 2005 bicentennial, however, controversy erupted when neither French President [[Jacques Chirac]] nor Prime Minister [[Dominique de Villepin]] attended any functions commemorating the battle.<ref name="controversy">{{Cite web |date=20 March 2006 |title=Furore over Austerlitz ceremony |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4491668.stm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111191952/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4491668.stm |archive-date=11 January 2009 |website=BBC News}}</ref> On the other hand, some residents of France's overseas departments protested against what they viewed as the "official commemoration of Napoleon", arguing that Austerlitz should not be celebrated since they believed that Napoleon committed [[genocide]] against colonial people.<ref name="controversy" />

After the battle, Tsar Alexander I blamed Kutuzov, the Commander-in-chief of the Allied Army.{{sfn|Nicholls|2000|p= 138}} However, it is clear that Kutuzov planned to retreat farther to the rear, where the Allied Army had a sharp advantage in logistics. Had the Allied Army retreated further, they might have been reinforced by Archduke Charles's troops from Italy, and the Prussians might have joined the Coalition against Napoleon. A French army at the end of its supply lines, in a place that had no food supplies, might have faced a very different ending from the one they achieved at the real battle of Austerlitz.{{sfn|Castle|2002|pp=89–90}}