of wars under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte. The first campaign of the Napoleonic wars was the War of the second Coalition with the British and the French in 1798. The fighting took place mainly in Northern Italy and Switzerland, with the Russians and consisted of Russia, Great Britain, Austria, Portugal, The Ottoman Empire and the kingdom of Naples. In 1805 the War of the Third Coalition broke out, with Britain joined by Russia, Austria and Sweden. Napoleon defeated the Austrians at Ulm (1805)…
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