218 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



and to put an end to the unfortu- 

 nate disagreements which have 

 taten place between the French 

 republic and the sublime Porte, 

 consent to evacuate Egypt on the 

 stipulations of the present conven- 

 tion, hoping that this concession 

 will pave the way for the general 

 •pacification of Europe. 



I. The French army will retire 

 with its arms, baggage, and eft'ects, 

 to Alexandria, Rosetta, and Abou- 

 kir, there to be embarked and trans- 

 ported to France, both in its own 

 vessels, and in those which it will 

 be necessary for the sublime Porte 

 to furnish it with : and in order 

 that the aforesaid vessels may be the 

 more speedily prepared, it is agreed, 

 that a month after the ratification 

 of the present convention, there shall 

 be sent to the fort of Alexandria a 

 commissary, with fifty purses, on 

 the part of the sublime Porte. 



II. There shall be an armisticeof 

 three months in Egyjjt, reckoning 

 from the time of the signature of 

 ■the present convention ; and in case 

 the truce shall expire before the 

 aforesaid vessels to be furnislied by 

 the sublime Porte shall be ready, 

 the said truce shall be prolonged 

 till the embarkation can be com- 

 pletely effected, it being under- 

 stood on both sides that all possi- 

 ble means will be employed to se- 

 cure the tranquillity of the armies 

 and of the inhabitants, which is the 

 object of the truce. 



III. The transport of the French 

 army shall take place according to 

 the regulations of commissaries ap- 

 pointed for this purpose by the 

 sublime Porte and general Kleber ; 

 and if any difference of opinion 

 shall take jilace between the afore- 

 said commissaries respecting the 

 embarkation, one shall be ap- 

 pointed by commodore sir Sydney 



Smith, who shall decide the dif- 

 ference according to the maritime 

 I'egulations of England. 



IV. The forts of Cathie and Sa- 

 lachich shall be evacuated by the 

 French troops on the 8th day, or 

 at the latest on the tenth day after 

 the ratification of this convention. 

 The town of Mansoura shall be 

 evacuated on the 15th day. Da- 

 mietta and Balbey on the 20th day. 

 Suez shall be evacuated six days 

 before Cairo. The other places 

 on the east bank of the Nile shall 

 be evacuated on the 10th day. 

 The Delta shall be evacuated fif- 

 teen days after the evacuation of 

 Cairo. The west banks of the Nile 

 and its dependencies shall remain 

 in the hands of the French till the 

 evacuation of Cairo ; and mean- 

 while, as they must be occupied by 

 the French army till all its troops 

 shall have descended from Upper 

 Egypt, the said western bank and 

 its dependencies will not be eva- 

 cuated till the expiration of the 

 truce, if it is impossible to evacu- 

 ate them sooner. The places eva- 

 cuated shall be given up to the 

 sublime Porte in the same situa- 

 tion in which they are at present. 



V. The city of Cairo shall be 

 evacuated after forty days, if tliat 

 is possible, or at the latest after 

 forty-five days, reckoning from the 

 ratification of the treaty. 



VI. It is expressly agreed, that 

 the sublime Porte shall use every 

 effort that the French troops may 

 fall back through the different 

 places on the left bank of the Nile, 

 with their arms and baggage, to- 

 wards the head-quarters, without 

 being disturbed or molested on 

 their march in their jiersons, pro- 

 perty, or honour, either by the in- 

 habitants of Egypt or the troops 

 of the imperial Ottoman army. 



