Prussia joins the third anti-Napoleonic coalition in 1803

alongside Russia and Austria.

How much plausible is this event?
Is there no chance to have an Austerlitz in this timeline?
It seems that historically France wasn't able to handle Prussia,Austria and Russia together: are Napoleonic wars going to be shortened by let's say 9 years (the war of thr 6th coalition started in 1812) ?

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The Allied armies of 1813 are not the ones of 1803- Yes, they'll have the numbers but Prussia and Austria haven't had to learn the lessons that prompted their military reforms yet, and Napoleon hasn't lost his horses in the Russian snow (arguably more of a blow than the death of his army, since it destroyed his mobility in the late campaigns.)
Yes, the coalition might beat France in 1803- but if the French can pick off any one of those armies piecemeal, our own timeline shows that the other two can be defeated together.
 
The Allied armies of 1813 are not the ones of 1803- Yes, they'll have the numbers but Prussia and Austria haven't had to learn the lessons that prompted their military reforms yet, and Napoleon hasn't lost his horses in the Russian snow (arguably more of a blow than the death of his army, since it destroyed his mobility in the late campaigns.)
Yes, the coalition might beat France in 1803- but if the French can pick off any one of those armies piecemeal, our own timeline shows that the other two can be defeated together.

It would be interesting to know if without the Spanish involvement and not weakened by the Russian expedition France would be able to face three continental powers at once .
 
It would be interesting to know if without the Spanish involvement and not weakened by the Russian expedition France would be able to face three continental powers at once .

It would be more interesting if absent the devastating defeats of 1805-07 if all three continental powers would think to combine their forces. the history of the previous ten years of war suggests not and France beat every coalition thrown against it in far worse circumstances previously

It may delay Napoleon's coronation as Emperor (which will play well in some of the French satellites) but I would expect Napoleon to win several crushing victories although perhaps not as conclusive as 1805-07. He might be faced with a hostile Austria and Prussia in 1809. Peversely this might actually help him as it would possibly butterfly the Spanish adventure away
 
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