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Treaty of Alliance between his Ma- 

 jesty the Emperor of Austria, 

 King of Hungary and Bohemia, 

 his Majesty of all the Russias, 

 his Majesty the King of the Unit- 

 ed Kingdoms of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, and his Majesty the 

 King of Prussia ; signed at 

 Chaumont, March 1, 1814. 



In the name of the most holy 

 and indivisible Trinity. 



Their Imperial and Royal Ma- 

 jesties, the Emperor of Austria, 

 King of Hungary and Bohemia, 

 his Majesty the Emperor of all the 

 Russias, his Majesty the King of 

 the United Kingdoms of Great 

 Britain and Ireland, and his Ma- 

 jesty the King of Prussia, having 

 transmitted to the French Govern- 

 ment proposals for a general peace, 

 and being at the same time ani- 

 mated with the wish, in case 

 France should reject these propo- 

 sals, to strengthen the mutual 

 obligation existing between them 

 for the vigorous prosecution of a 

 war which is designed to relieve 

 Europe from its long sufferings, 

 and to secure its future repose, by 

 the re-establishment of a just ba- 

 lance of power ; and on the other 

 hand, in case Providence should 

 bless their peaceful views, to agree 

 on the best means of securing the 

 happy result of their exertions 

 against every future attack : 



Their Imperial and Royal Ma- 

 jesties above named, have resolved 

 to confirm this double agreement 

 by a solemn treaty to b^ signed by 



each of the four powers, separately 

 with the three others. 



They have therefore named for 

 their plenipotentiaries, his Impe- 

 rial Apostolic Majesty, to negociate 

 the conditions of this treaty with 

 his Majesty the Emperor of all the 

 Russias, Clemens Winzel Lotha- 

 rius, Prince of Metternich Winne- 

 berg Ochsenhan, sen. Knight of 

 the Golden Fleece, &c. Minister 

 of State, and Minister for Foreign 

 Affairs; and his Majesty the Em- 

 peror of all the Russias, on his 

 side, Charles Robert Count Nes- 

 selrode, his Privy Counsellor, Se- 

 cretary of State, &c. who having 

 exchanged their full powers, have 

 agreed on the following articles: 



Art. I. The high contracting 

 powersengage by the presenttreaty, 

 in case France should refuse to 

 accede to the terms of the peace 

 proposed, to exert the whole force 

 of their dominions for a vigorous 

 prosecution of the war against 

 France, and to employ it in the 

 most perfect agreement, in order 

 by this means to procure for them- 

 selves, and all Europe, a general 

 peace, under the protection of 

 which all nations may maintain, 

 and securely enjoy, th^r inde- 

 pendence and their rights. 



It is to be understood that 

 this new agreement is not to make 

 any change in the obligations .al- 

 ready existing between the con- 

 tracting Powers, concerning the 

 number of troops to be employed 

 against the common enemy ; on 

 the contrary, each of the four 

 contracting courts again binds it- 

 self, by the present treaty, to keep 

 in the field an army of 150,000 

 men always complete, in activity 

 against the common enemy, and 

 that exclusively of the garrison* of , 

 the fortresses. 



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