through a series of long marches napoleon pushed Motion his army rapidly through western russia in an attempt to destroy Destroying the russian army , winning Getting a number of minor engagements and a major battle , the battle of smolensk in august .

the revolution Change_of_leadership overthrew the monarchy , established Building a republic , catalyzed violent periods of political turmoil , and finally culminated Process_end in a dictatorship under napoleon who brought Bringing many of its principles to areas he conquered Conquering in western europe and beyond .

napoleon , who became Becoming the hero of the revolution Change_of_leadership through his popular military campaigns , established Building the consulate and later the first empire , setting Placing the stage for a wider array of global conflicts in the napoleonic wars .

upon the 1805 peace of pressburg it not only was elevated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to a kingdom , it also gained Getting french-occupied tyrol , which since 1363 had been held Defending by the austrian habsburgs , who , heavily defeated by napoleon at the battle of austerlitz , were forced to renounce it .

upon napoleon 's fall in 1814 and the congress of vienna , all parts of tyrol were re-united Cause_to_amalgamate under austrian rule .