Editing William Pitt the Younger (section)

====Failure====
Despite Pitt's efforts, the French continued to defeat the [[First Coalition]], which collapsed in 1798. A [[Second Coalition]], consisting of Great Britain, [[Austria]], [[Russia]], and the [[Ottoman Empire]], was formed, but it, too, failed to overcome the French. The fall of the Second Coalition with the defeat of the Austrians at the [[Battle of Marengo]] (14 June 1800) and at the [[Battle of Hohenlinden]] (3 December 1800) left Great Britain facing France alone.