CHAPTER III

Europe in the Grasp of the Iron Hand

Great Preparations for the Invasion of England--Rapid March on Austria--The Surrender of General Mack--The Eve Before Austerlitz--The Dreadful Lake Horror--Treaty of Peace With Austria--Prussian Armies in the Field--Defeat of the Prussians at Jena and Auerstadt--Napoleon Divides the Spoils of Victory--The Frightful Struggle at Eylau--The Cost of Victory--The Total Defeat of the Russians--The Emperors at Tilsit and the Fate of Prussia--The Pope a Captive at Fontainebleau--Andreas Hofer and the War in Tyrol--Napoleon Marches Upon Austria--The Battle of Eckmuhl and the Capture of Ratisbon--The Campaign in Italy--The Great Struggle of Essling and Aspern--Napoleon Forced to His First Retreat--The Second Crossing of the Danube--The Victory at Wagram--The Peace of Vienna--The Divorce of Josephine and Marriage of Maria Louisa 57