Editing War of the Third Coalition (section)

==Results==
[[File:Napoleonic Wars War of the Third Coalition.png|thumb|upright=1.35|All the participants of the War of the Third Coalition. {{leftlegend|#4062f2|The Coalition and their colonies and allies.}}{{leftlegend|#13ab3f|The [[First French Empire]], its protectorates, colonies and allies.}}]]
Austerlitz and the preceding campaign profoundly altered the nature of European politics. In three months, the French had occupied Vienna, decimated two armies, and humbled the Austrian Empire. These events sharply contrast with the rigid power structures of the 18th century, when no major European capital was ever held by an enemy army. Austerlitz set the stage for a near-decade of French domination on the European continent, but one of its more immediate impacts was to goad Prussia into [[War of the Fourth Coalition|war in 1806]].

France and Austria signed a truce on 4 December and the [[Treaty of Pressburg (1805)|Treaty of Pressburg]] 22 days later took the latter out of the war. Austria agreed to recognize French territory captured by the treaties of Campo Formio (1797) and Lunéville (1801), cede land to Bavaria, [[Electorate of Württemberg|Württemberg]], and [[Electorate of Baden|Baden]], which were Napoleon's German allies, and pay 40 million francs in war indemnities. [[Veneto|Venetia]] was also given to the [[Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)|Kingdom of Italy]]. It was a harsh end for Austria, but certainly not a catastrophic peace. The Russian army was allowed to withdraw to home territory and the French encamped themselves in Southern Germany.

In July 1806, Napoleon created the [[Confederation of the Rhine]], a string of German client states which on becoming allies of France pledged themselves to raise an army of 63,000 men. With Napoleon as their "Protector", the confederate states were compelled to leave the [[Holy Roman Empire]], which was dissolved shortly afterward.{{sfn|Dorne Brose|2013|p=51}} Prussia saw these and other moves as an affront to its status as the main power of Central Europe and it went to war with France in 1806.

In Italy, the political situation would remain unchanged until 1815, with the British and Sicilian troops guarding the Bourbon King Ferdinand in Sicily and the Napoleonic King of Naples controlling the mainland. In 1808, [[Joachim Murat]] became the King of Naples, after Joseph Bonaparte became King of Spain. Murat made various attempts to cross the [[Strait of Messina]], which all ended in failure, despite once managing to secure a foothold in Sicily.

===Casualties and losses===
The French lost 12,000 killed, 22,200 wounded and 5,000 captured in 1805, including 5,300 killed and 22,200 wounded in the Austrian Campaign against the Habsburgs and Russians, 2,100 killed and 5,300 wounded in the Italian Campaign, 4,300 killed and 3,700 wounded in the naval war, 200 killed and 400 wounded in the colonies and 100 killed and 400 wounded in coastal defense duties.{{sfn|Bodart|1916|p=43}}{{sfn|Bodart|1916|p=128}} The 1806 Naples Campaign cost the French 1,500 killed and 5,000 wounded.{{sfn|Bodart|1916|p=128}} The Spanish suffered 1,200 killed and 1,600 wounded in the naval war, Bavaria sustained 300 killed and 1,200 wounded in the Austrian Campaign and the Kingdom of Italy lost 100 killed and 400 wounded in the Italian Campaign and 250 killed and 1,500 wounded in the Naples Campaign.{{sfn|Bodart|1916|p=128}}

The Austrians lost 20,000 killed and wounded and 70,000 as prisoners.{{sfn|Bodart|1916|p=43}} Russian casualties were 25,000 killed and wounded and 25,000 captured.{{sfn|Bodart|1916|p=43}} The Neapolitan army of 22,000 was wiped out by the French in 1806, with only 2,000 evacuated to Sicily.