proposed occupation of Malta by, 285; _N.'s_ preparations for striking, 291; truckles to France, 311; withdraws troops from Swabia, 311; acquiesces in creation of French empire, 320; represented at _N.'s_ court at Aachen, 329; _N.'s_ designs against, 334, 336, 347; recuperating, 347; pretext for war between France and, 352; Francis's title and powers curtailed, 352; the sanitary cordon, 355; popular dislike of Russia in, 355; Alexander's scheme for compensating, 355; apprehensions of losing Venice, 357; falls into _N.'s_ trap, 358; army reforms, 358; mobilizes troops, 358; her ambitions, 358; her disarmament demanded, 361; _N._ threatens to march to Vienna, 361; abused in Paris newspapers, 361; declaration of war against, 362; declares war against France, Sept. 3, 1805, 363; strength, 363; her line of defense, 365; popular opinion of _N._ in, 366; capitulation of Ulm, 367; junction of troops at Marburg, 367; outgeneraled by _N._, 377; drives the Elector of Bavaria from Munich, 377; battle of Austerlitz, 381 et seq.; ill feeling between Russia and, 381; threatened with loss of Venetia and the Tyrol, 389; accepts _N.'s_ terms for an armistice, 389; _N.'s_ scheme to crush, 390; suspected bribery of Talleyrand by, 390; pays war indemnity to France, 390; cessions by, 390; acquires Salzburg and Berchtesgaden, 391; surrenders Venice to France, 390; losses at Austerlitz, 392; stripped of leadership, 394; neutralization of her power, 402; Francis I declares himself hereditary emperor, 404; protector of Ragusa, 405; demoralization of the army, 419; rehabilitation of, 440; neutrality between Russia and Turkey, 441; anxiety concerning Polish lands, 444; offer of Silesia to, 445; iii. 22; resolves on neutrality, ii. 445; Turko-Persian alliance against, iii. 20; _N._ proposes alliance with, 21, 22; hostile preparations, 21; proposal for a new coalition, 21; proposes to act as mediator, 22; shrewd attitude of, 23; throws troops on frontier of Galicia, 23; omitted from the Continental Olympus, 41; _N.'s_ object to humiliate, 44; interest in Poland, 45; partition of, 49, 55; her position after Tilsit, 56; proposed commercial war against England, 55; offended dignity of, 65; treaty of Fontainebleau, Oct. 10, 1807, 104; outward subserviency to France, 104; _N.'s_ attitude toward, 104; military reorganization of, 103, 164, 166, 198, 199; proposed neutralization of, 113; the situation in, 117; awakening of the national spirit in, 137; encouraged to revolt, 159, 163-165, 178; effect of the Bayonne negotiations on, 163 et seq.; hereditary rivalry with France, 164; belligerent tone in, 165, 178, 193, 195; necessity for her repression, 167;