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troops on either side ; and in this 

 space Bieslau was comprized. All 

 Saxony, Dessau, and the small 

 states surrounding the princes of 

 the confederation of the Rhine, 

 were left to be occupied by the 

 French army ; and al! Prussia by 

 the allied army ; and the Prussian 

 territories in Saxony were to be 

 neutral. The term of the armi- 

 stice was fixed to the 20th of July; 

 and hostilities were not to recom- 

 mence without six days' notice. 



It may be interesting to record 

 a proof, given at this period, of the 

 confidence with which the French 

 ruler looked forward to the secu- 

 rity of his widely extended em- 

 pire. From the field of battle of 

 Wurtchen, he issued the following 

 decree : " A monument shall be 

 erected on Mount Ceuis. Upon 



the front, looking towards Paris, 

 shall be inscribed the names of all 

 our cantons of departments on this 

 side the Alps. Upon the front, 

 looking towards Milan, shall be 

 inscribed the names of all our can- 

 tons of departments beyond the 

 Alps, and of our kingdom of Italy. 

 On the most conspicuous part of 

 the monument shall be engraved 

 the following inscription : ' The em- 

 peror Napoleon, upon the field of 

 battle of Wurtchen, ordered the 

 erection of this monument as a 

 proof of his gratitude to his people 

 of France and Italy ; and to trans- 

 mit to the most distant posterity 

 the remembrance of that celebrated 

 epoch, when, in three months, 

 1,200,000 men ran to arms to in- 

 sure the integrity of the empire, 

 and of his allies.' " 



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