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 army, and militia of 200,000 were not circumstances to be despised even by Buonaparte.

On the 2d December, Buonaparte and Josephine were crowned at Notre Dame, in the midst of a splendid assemblage. In May, 1804, the imperial pair were for a short time at Milan, and Napoleon was made King of Italy. About this time also, he made his brother Joseph, King of Spain; Louis, King of Holland; Jerome King of Westphalia; and Murat, King of Naples.

In 1805, Austria declared war against France, and the army was confided to General Mack. Buonaparte's grand principle was, at all times, to weaken his enemy in detail; he therefore withdrew the armies from Normandy, intended, apparently, for a descent on England; and they, under Soult, Marmont, and Ney, traversed the Rhine, and crossing the Danube, took up a position in the rear of Mack. The consequence of this was, that although Mack had a garrison of admirable troops, amounting to 22,000 men, his case was hopeless, and he capitulated without a blow. Buonaparte having thus admirably provided for the safety of his flank and rear, entered Vienna on the 13th November, 1805, with the main army, and took possession of the palace as a residence.