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Who, after having verified and 

 exchanged their full powers, have 

 concluded the following articles : 



Art. I. The object of the pre- 

 sent war being to re-establish the 

 independence of the states oppres- 

 sed by France, tlie two high con- 

 tracting parties bind themselves, 

 in consequence, to direct all their 

 operations towards that end ; and 

 as, in order to accomplish the same, 

 it will be essential to replace 

 Prussia in possession of her rela- 

 tive power, and to prevent France 

 from ever occupying hencefor- 

 waid any of the strong places in 

 the north of Germany, or exer- 

 cising any sort of influence in that 

 quarter ; his majesty the King of 

 the united kingdom of Great Bri- 

 tain and Ireland; engages to co- 

 operate effectually to that end. On 

 the other hand, his majesty the 

 King of Prussia, who, in his trans- 

 actions with Russia, has already 

 expressly reserved the rights of the 

 House of Brunswick Lunenburgh 

 upon Hanover, will co-operate 

 with all his means towards the res- 

 toration of their hereditary states, 

 to that august house, and to the 

 ducal house of Brunswick. 



Art. n. Prussia engages to main- 

 tain in the field an army of eighty 

 thousand men, exclusive of the 

 garrisons in the fortresses. 



Art. UI . England engages to 

 place at the disposal of his Prussian 

 majesty, .for the year 1813, 

 66(i,666l. in monthly payments. 

 Tlie same engagement for five mil- 

 lions of federative paper, as in the 

 Russian treaty. 



Articles IV. V. and VI. as in the 

 Russian treaty. 



Art. VII. The British navy shall 

 co-operate,wherever it is practica- 

 ble, in the defence of the Prussian 



states, in support of the military 

 expeditions in aid of the common 

 cause, and in the protection of the 

 commerce of Prussia. 



Art. VIII. This treaty shall 

 forthwith be communicated to 

 Russia, Sweden, and Austria. 



Art. IX. It shall be ratified with 

 the least possible delay. 



In witness whereof, &c. 



Reichenbach, the IMh of June, 



1813. 



Charles Stewart, 

 C. A. De Hardenberg. 



Convention between his Britannic 

 majesty and the Emperor of all 

 the Riissias, signed at Petersxual- 

 daw, 5th July, 1813. 



His majesty the King of the 

 united kingdom of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, and his majesty the 

 Emperor of all the Russias, being 

 desirous, in consequence of the in- 

 timate bonds of friendship and al- 

 liance which subsist between them, 

 to concert together the means,and 

 to facilitate the efforts, which they 

 reciprocally employ in the present 

 struggle against France, have a- 

 greed to conclude a convention 

 upon these principles. For this 

 purpose they have appointed their 

 plenipotentiaries ; namely, his ma- 

 jesty the King of the united king- 

 dom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

 William Shaw, viscount Cathcart, 

 baron Cathcart and Greenoi^k, a 

 peer of the realm, one of his 

 privy councillors, vice-admiral of 

 Scotland, general in chief, colonel 

 of the second regiment of Life- 

 Guards, and knight of the most 

 ancient and most noble Order of 

 the Thistle, ambassador extraor- 

 dinary and plenipotentiary to his 



