ocr: Austerlitz From the Consulate to the Index Help Napoleonic Empire Exit To consolidate his government and to crown Back his act of force with a military triumph, Bonaparte led his armies into Italy for the second time, forcing the Austrians to sign the Peace of Lunéville on February 9, 1801. Of the states that had fought against France in the Second Coalition, only Great Britain remained in arms, but a decisive encounter between the two powers appeared Bookmark unlikely, as the British would have found it impossible to land a large force on the Continent and the French fleet continued to avoid ...