2. The height of the First Empire, 1811. Darker blue indicates the French Empire, lighter blue shows areas under Frenchcontrol.
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5. The French army was renamed the Grande Armée in 1805 and Napoleon used propaganda and nationalism to control the French population. The French army achieved a resounding victory at Ulm, where an entire Austrian army was captured.
6. On 21 March1804 the Napoleonic Code was applied over all the territory under French control, and on May 18 Napoleon was titled Emperor by the senate, thus founding the French Empire.
