Formation of the Third Coalition and the Opening Phase of the War --Failure of the Peace of Amiens -- Formation of the Third Coalition -- War Plans of the Third Coalition and the Allied Armies -- Austrian Army of 1805 -- Russian Army of 1805 -- Other Allied Contingents -- French Army and Its Preparations for War -- 1805 Campaign in Bavaria -- Campaign of Austria: 25 October - 20 November -- Allied Armies in the Aftermath of Ulm -- From the Isar to the Enns -- Threat to France -- Operations in Italy -- Successes and Setbacks -- Deception and Counter-Deception -- Campaign of Moravia: 21 November - 1 December -- Allied Plans of Campaign -- French Plans of Campaign -- Coalition Offensive Begins -- French Reaction and the Russian Flanking Maneuver -- Coalition Offensive: Advance to Austerlitz -- Battle Begins: 2 December, 7:00 - 10:00 A.M. -- Opening Action at Tellnitz -- Struggle for Sokolnitz -- French Advance on the Pratzen Heights -- Outcome is Decided: 2 December, 10:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. -- First Cavalry Actions in the North and the Struggle for Blaziowitz -- Stand-off on the Brunn-Olmutz Road and the Attack on Bosenitz -- Battle's Climax: The Pratzen Heights -- Struggle for Sokolnitz -- French Victory is Decisive: 2 December, 12:30 - 3:00 P.M. -- Drama on the Heights: The Clash of the Guards -- Lannes vs. Bagration on the Brunn-Olmutz Road -- Slaughter on the Goldbach -- With Their Backs to the Ponds -- Allied Remnants Escape: 2 December, 3:00 P.M. - Midnight -- South -- North -- Retreat Begins -- Butcher's Bill: Losses of the Two Armies -- Causes of Victory/Defeat -- End of the Third Coalition and the Origins of Napoleon's Grand Empire -- Pursuit, Armistice and the Treaty of Pressburg -- Austerlitz and the Fate of Europe -- An Assessment of Allied Army Strength Estimates -- Order of Battle of the French Army at Austerlitz -- Order of Battle of the Allied Army at Austerlitz.