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The French were the clear winners of the battle. It ended all Austrian resistance and ended the War of the Third Coalition. The French had lost about 1300 killed and 6000 wounded. The allies suffered much heavier losses they lost 15,000 men and thousands more are captured. Austerlitz was perhaps in many ways Napoleons greatest victory <ref> Lyons, Martyn, Napoleon Bonaparte and the Legacy of the French Revolution. St. Martin's Press London, 1994, p. 345</ref>. After his victory, he was able to force Austria to sign a humiliating Treaty and the Russians were forced to retreat, Napoleon had a free hand in Germany and dissolved the Holy Roman Empire and established the Confederation of the Rhine in its place, which was a French puppet. Without the threat from Austria and Russia the French were able to concentrate on the Prussians and defeated them decisively at the battle of Jena. Napoleon was almost the complete master of Europe. However, many believe that the victory was not as decisive as it first appeared, as the Austrians were able to wage a war against Napoleon in 1807 and the Russians were far from defeated. Furthermore, the English had defeated the French at Trafalgar <ref>Schroeder, Paul W. The Transformation of European Politics, 1763–1848, Longman (NY, 1996), p. 518 </ref>.

. The English as a result, were determined to continue the fight against Napoleon, even after the battle. Nonetheless, the French had established a supremacy in Europe that had not been seen since the days of the Romans.