2 APPENDIX TO BRITISH COUNTER CASE. 



ARTICLE IV. 



The attracting parties agree that in case either of them 

 should form any particular enterprise in which the concurrence of 

 the other may be desired, the party whose concurrence is desired, 

 shall readily, and with good faith, join to act in concert for that 

 purpose, as far as circumstances ana its own particular situation will 

 permit ; and in that case, they shall regulate, by a particular conven- 

 tion, the quantity and kind of succour to be furnished, and the time 

 and manner of its being brought into action, as well as the ad- 

 vantages which are to be its compensation. 



ARTICLE V. 



If the United States should think fit to attempt the reduction of 

 the British power, remaining in the northern parts of America, or 

 the islands of Bermudas, those countries or islands, in case of suc- 

 cess, shall be confederated with or dependant upon the said United 

 States. 



2 ARTICLE VI. 



The Most Christian King renounces forever the possession of 

 the islands of Bermudas, as well as of any part of the continent 

 of North America, which before the Treaty of Paris in 1763. or in 

 virtue of that treaty, were acknowledged to belong to the Crown of 

 Great Britain, or to the United States, heretofore called British 

 Colonies, or which are at this time, or have lately been under the 

 power of the King and Crown of Great Britain. 



ARTICLE VII. 



If His Most Christian Majesty shall think proper to attack any of 

 the islands situated in the Gulph of Mexico, or near that Gulph, 

 which are at present under the power of Great Britain, all the said 

 isles, in case of success, shall appertain to the Crown of France. 



& 



ARTICLE VIII. 



Neither of the two parties shall conclude either truce or peace 

 with Great Britain without the formal consent of the other first 

 obtained; and they mutually engage not to lay down their arms until 

 the independence of the United States shall have been formally 

 or tacitly assured by the treaty or treaties that shall terminate the 

 war. 



ARTICLE IX. 



The contracting parties declare, that being resolved to fulfil each 

 on its own part the clauses and conditions of the present treaty of 

 alliance, according to its own power and circumstances, there shall be 

 no after claim of compensation on one side or the other, whatever 

 may be the event of the war. 



