272 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



positions itio're to the soutli of Italy. 

 On his side, his imperial majesty 

 engages to concentrate all the forces 

 he may have in the states of the 

 Pope, in the fortress of Ancona ; to 

 put an end to the extraordinary 

 levy which is making in Tuscany ; 

 and to prevent all debarkation of 

 the enemies of the French republic 

 at Leghorn, or any other point of 

 the coasts. 



Art. 3. The treaty of Campo 

 Formio shall be taken as the basis 

 of the definitive pacification, ex- 

 cepting however the changes be- 

 come necessary. 



Art. 4. His imperial majesty does 

 not oppose the French republic 

 keeping the limits of the Rhine, 

 such as they were agreed upon at 

 Rastadt, i. e. the left bank of the 

 Rhine, from the spot where the 

 Rhine leaves the territory of Swit- 

 zerland, to the point where it en- 

 ters the territory of the Batavian 

 republic ; and engages moreover to 

 cede to the French republic the 

 sovereignty and property of Frick- 

 thai, and all that belongs to the 

 house of Austria between Zurzach 

 and Basle. 



Art. 5. The French republic is 

 not understood to keep Cassel, Kelil, 

 Ehrenbreitstein,andDusseldorfl^. — 

 1'hese places will be razed, on con- 

 dition that there shall not be raised 

 on the right bank of the Rhine, and 

 for the distance of three mUes, any 

 fortifications, either in stone-work 

 or in earth. 



Art. 6. The indemnities which his 

 imperial majesty the emperor and 

 king is to have in Germany, in vir- 

 tue of the secret articles of the treaty 

 of Campio Formio, shall be taken in 

 Italy; and therefore it shall be reser- 

 ved until the definitive treaty, to 

 agree on the position and the quota of 



the said indemnities: nevertheless it 

 shall be established as the basis, that 

 his imperial majesty theeraperor and 

 king shall possess, besides the coun- 

 try which had been granted to him 

 in Italy by the treaty of Campo 

 Formio, an equivalent to the pos- 

 session of the archbishopric of Salz- 

 bourg, the rivers of the Inn and the 

 Sabra, and the Tyrol, comprising 

 the town of Wasserburg, on the 

 left bank of the Inn, within a cir- 

 cuit of 3,000 tolses, and the Frick- 

 thai, which he cedes to the French 

 republic. 



Art. 7- The ratification of the 

 present preliminary articles shall be 

 exchanged at Vienna before Au- 

 gust 15. 



Art. 8. Immediately after the ex- 

 change of the ratifications, the ne- 

 goclations for a definitive peace shall 

 continue ; both sides shall agree 

 upon a place for negoclatlon ; the 

 plenipotentiaries shall be there in 

 twenty days at the latest, after the 

 exchange. 



Art. 9- His majesty the emperor 

 and king, and the first consul of the 

 French republic, reciprocally en- 

 gage on their word of honour to 

 keep the present articles secret till 

 ratification. 



Art. 10. The powers of M. de 

 St. Julien being contained in a let- 

 ter from the emperor to the first 

 consul, the full powers, invested 

 with the usual formalities, shall be 

 exchanged with the ratification of 

 the present preliminaries, which 

 shall not bind the respective govern- 

 ments tUl after the ratification. 



We, the undersigned, have agreed 

 upon and signed the present preli- 

 minaries at Paris, the 8th of July, 

 1800. 



(Signed) Count de St. Julien, 

 C. M. TaUeyrand. 



