Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for May 01, 2000
Transcript:
"After Napolean declared himself emperor, a succession of military victories extended his control over most of Europe through numerous puppet states."" "The secret of writing a good paper is putting what the book says into your own words!" "When Napoleon became king of Europe, he got really into puppetry." "Notice how I boiled it down?" "Yes, I can smell the smoke."
I would write “Napoleon then declared himself as emperor, with a succession of military victories with a lot more control in lots of puppet states in Europe”.