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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



logne, ' We march to dissolve a 

 coalition, formed by the j^old and in- 

 trigues of i'-iigland :' Ami the result 

 has been the overthrow of 300,000 

 soldiers, and of two grea t monarchies. 

 Soldiers ! yo" are worthy of immor- 

 tality. — VVhat will you.- relatives, 

 ■what will every Frenchman say ? 

 They can never cease to coutemjtlatc 

 you with emotions of all'ection and 

 admiration. — And when your work 

 is Gompletcd, when you return to 

 your own (ire-sides, your families — 

 all France will exclaim — " These 

 '* arc our brethren, the heroes of 

 *' Olmutz, who, out of an army of 

 " 76,000 men, made 10,000 pri- 

 " soners, took 140 pieces of can- 

 " non, and lelt 2(3,000 men dead 

 *■ on the field." 



Napoleon. 



Jiiffiiaand France. Treat ii of Peace 

 /H'twten the Emperor of Oermuin/ 

 and Austria., and tJie Emperor of 

 the Ennch. Done and sigiud at 

 Preilnug/i, December ^(ilh^ 1803. 



His majisty the emperor of Ger- 

 many and Au=hi,(, and his maje.sty 

 the emperor of the. French, king of 

 Italy, equally animated v^ithade^ire 

 to jjut an end (*> the calamities of 

 war, have received to proceed v.ith- 

 oiit delay to tiie conclusion of a de- 

 hnitive treaty of peace, and have in 

 consequence named as plenipotenti- 

 aries, to wjt: — His majesty the em- 

 peror of Germany and of Austria, 

 the prince John of Lichfenstcin, 

 prince of the holy ilomaa empire, 

 grand cross of the military order of 

 ilariaTeresa, chamberlain. lieut.gen. 

 of the armies of his said majesty the 

 emperor of Germany and of Austria, 

 and proprietor of a regiment of hus- 

 sars J aud count Ignaz de Guylai, 



commander of the military order of 

 Maria Teresa, chamberlain of his 

 said inajesty the emperor of Germa- 

 ny and Austria, lieutenant-general 

 of his armies, and proprietor of a 

 regiment of inlantry ; and his ma- 

 jesty the emperor of France, king 

 of Italy, Charles Maurice Talley- 

 rand Pcrigord, grand chamberlain, 

 minister of the foreign relations of 

 his said majesty the emperor of 

 France and king of Italy, grand 

 cordon of the legion of honour, and 

 knight of the red and the black 

 eagle of Prussia ; who having ex- 

 changed their full powers, have 

 agreed as follows : Art. I. There 

 shall be, from tne date of this day, 

 peace and friendship between his 

 majesty the emperor of Germany 

 and Austria, and liis majesty the 

 emperor of the French, king of 

 Italy, their heirs and successors, 

 their states and subjects respectively, 

 for ever. — II. France shall conti- 

 nue to possess in property and sove- 

 reignty the duchies, principalities, 

 lordships and territories beyond the 

 Alps, which were, before the present 

 treaty, united and incorporated with 

 the French empire, or governed by 

 the taws and government of France, 

 — III. His majesty the emperor of 

 Germany and Austria, for himself, 

 his heirs, and successors, recognizes 

 the dispObi;ions made by his majesty 

 the emperor of France, king of 

 Italy, relative to the principalities 1 

 of Lucca and Piombino. — IV. His 

 majesty the emperor of Germ.any 

 and Austria renounces, as well for 

 Jiimself, as for Iiis heirs and succes- 

 sors, that part of the states of the 

 republic of Venice, ceded to him by 

 the treaties of Campo Formio and 

 LuncvOlc, shall be united in perpe- 

 tuity to the kingdom of Italy. — 

 V. His majesty tie emperor of 



Germany 



