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in the manner most effectual for 

 the power so attacked or threat- 

 eaed. 



Art. IX. As on account of the 

 situation of the theatre of war, or 

 for other reasons, it might be dif- 

 ficult for Great Britain to furnish 

 the stipulated assistance in Eng- 

 lish troops within the appointed 

 time, and keep them up to the 

 full war complement, his Britan- 

 nic Majesty reserves to himself the 

 right to furnish his contingent to 

 the power requiring it, either in 

 foreign troops in his pa}', or to 

 pay an annual sum, at the rate of 

 20/. sterling for every foot soldier, 

 and 30/. for every horseman, to 

 the full amount of the stipulated 

 contingent. The manner in which 

 Great Britain will have to afford 

 its assistance in every particular 

 case shall be arranged by an ami- 

 cable agreement between the Bri- 

 tish Government and the power at- 

 tacked or threatened, at the same 

 time ihat the assistance is required. 

 The same princi()le shall be ex- 

 tended to the number of troops 

 which his Britannic Majesty en- 

 gages to furnish by the first article 

 of the present treaty. 



Art. X. The auxiliary army is 

 under the immediate command of 

 the General in Chief of the re- 

 quiring power; but it shall be led 

 by its own General, and employed 

 in all military operations according 

 to the rules of war. The pay of 

 the auxiliary army to be at the 

 charge of the power requiring. 

 The rations and portions of pro- 

 visions, forage, &c. as also quar- 

 ters, will be furnished as soon as 

 the auxiliary army has passed its 

 own frontiers, by the f)ower re- 

 quiring, and be supplied accord- 

 ing to the same standard as it sup- 



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plies its own troops, in the field 

 and in quarters. 



Art. XI. The military regula- 

 tion and economy in the interior 

 administration of the troops de- 

 pends wholly on their own Ge- 

 neral. The trophies taken from 

 the enemy belong to the troops 

 which have gained them. 



Art. XII. The high contract- 

 ing powers reserve to themselves 

 the right, in case the assistance 

 herein stipulated should be found 

 insufficient, to make, without loss 

 of time, new arrangements for 

 further assistance. 



Art. Xill. 'i'he high contract- 

 ing ])ovvers reciprocally promise, 

 that in case one or other of them 

 should be drawn into hostilities by 

 furnishing the succour herein sti- 

 pulated, neither the requiring 

 party nor party engaged in war as 

 an auxiliary, shall make peace, 

 except with the consent of the 

 other. 



Art. XIV. The engagements 

 contracted by this treaty, shall by 

 no means detract from those which 

 the high contracting powers may 

 have entered already into with 

 other powers, nor hinder them 

 from concluding alliances with 

 other states, which may have for 

 their object the attainment of the 

 same happy result. 



Art. XV. In order to give greater 

 effect to the above stipulated de- 

 fensive arrangements by the union 

 of the powers most exposed to a 

 French inva>ion, for their common 

 defence, the high contracting 

 courts having resolved to invite 

 those powers to join the present 

 treaty of defensive alliance. 



Art. XVI. As it is the object of 

 the fwesent treaty of defensive al- 

 liance to maintain the balance 



