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V. The country between the 

 Chiusa and the Muicio shall not be 

 occupied by either army. The im- 

 perial army may procure provisions 

 from a part of the duchy of Mantua. 

 The French arms may procure pro- 

 \asions from a part of the Brescia. 



VI. The citadels of Tortona, 

 Alessandria, Milan, Turin, Piz- 

 zighitone, Arona, and Placentia, 

 shall be delivered up to the French 

 army between the l6th and 20th of 

 June. 



VII. The citadels of Coni, Ceva, 

 Savona, and the city of Genoa, be- 

 tween the 1 6lh and 24th. 



VIII. Fort Urbino shall be given 

 up on the 26th of June. 



IX. The artillery of the garrison s 

 shall be classed in the following 

 manner: — All the Austrian heavy 

 artillery andfoundaries shall apper- 

 tain to the Austrian army; the artil- 

 lery of Italians, Piedmontese, and 

 French calibres and foundries to the 

 French army. The provision shall 

 be divided — one half to be at the 

 disposal of the commissary of ord- 

 nance of the Austrian army, and 

 one half at that of the French. 



X. The garrisons shall march out 

 with military honours, and shall 

 repair, with their arras and baggage, 

 by the shortest road to Mantua. 



XI. The Austrian army shall 

 direct its march to Mantua, in three 

 columns, by Placentia : the first 

 between the 1 Gth and 20th ; the 

 second between the 28th and 24th ; 

 and the third between the 24th and 

 26th. 



. XII. General St. Julien of the 

 artillery, de Brun of the engineers, 

 Telsicge, commissar)' of provisions, 

 titizcn Dejean, counsellor of state, 

 and Daru, inspector of reviews, 

 adjutant-general Leojwld Stoben- 

 zett, and the chief of l)rigade Mos- 



sct, are named commissioners, in 

 order to provide for the details of 

 the execution of the present con- 

 vention, either for the formation of 

 inventories, or to provide for sub- 

 sistence and conveyances. 



XIII. No individual shall be ill- 

 treated on account of having ren- 

 dered any services to the Austrian 

 army, or for his political opinions. 

 The Austrian commander shall re- 

 lease every individual who shall 

 have been arrested in the Cisalpine 

 republic for his political opinions. 



XIV. Whatever may be the an- 

 swer of the court of Vienna, neither 

 of the two armies can renew the 

 attack without giving ten days 

 notice. 



XV. Duringthearraistice neither 

 army shall send detachments to 

 Germany. 



Done at Alessandria, the] l6th 

 June, 1800. 



(Signed) Alex. Berthler. 

 Melas. 



Preliminaries of Peace between 

 France and Austria. 



HIS majesty the emperor, king 

 of Hungai7 and Bohemia, &c. 

 and the first consul of the republic, 

 in the name of the French people, 

 equally animated with the desire of 

 putting a term to the evils of the 

 war, by a prompt, just, and solid 

 peace, have agreed upon the fol- 

 lowing preliminary articles : 



Art. 1. There shall be peace, 

 friendship, and good understanding 

 between his majesty the emperor 

 and king, and the French republic. 



Art. 2. Until the conclusion of a 

 definitive treaty, the armies, both 

 in Italy and Germany, shall respec- 

 tively remain in the position in which 

 they arc, without extending their 



