Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akagadzira coup muna November 1799 uye akava "First Consul of the Republic". Kusawirirana kwakasimba navaBritain kwakareva kuti vaFrance vakanga vakatarisana neHondo yeChitatu Yokubatanidzwa na 1805. Napoleon akaparadza mubatanidzwa uyu nokukunda kwakasimba muUlm Campaign, uye kukunda munhau muHondo yeAusterlitz, iyo yakatungamirira kukuparara kweUmambo Hutsvene hweRoma. Muna 1806, Mubatanidzwa Wechina
vakatora zvombo kuti vamurwise nokuti Prussia yakatanga kunetseka pamusoro pokukura kwesimba reFrance munyika yacho. Napoleon akakurumidza kubvisa Prussia muhondo dzeJena neAuerstedt, akabva aenda neGrande Armée kwakadzika muEastern Europe, achiparadza maRussia muna June 1807 paFriedland, uye achimanikidza nyika dzakakundwa dzeChitatu Chibvumirano kugamuchira Zvibvumirano zveTilsit. Makore maviri gare gare, vaAustria vakadenhazve vaFrench mukati meHondo yeChishanu Yokubatana, asi Napoleon akasimbisa kubata kwake Europe pashure pokukunda paHondo yeWagram.