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|R „ The garrison fhal! march out from
jP* g' t he 6th day after the fignarure of
■ jilation, by the gate ofTournay,
■ n ‘ jr t 0 such part of the republic as Gen.
(hall judge prefer, with arms and
ms horses, drums beating, matches
■Ol at both ends, colours flying, and all
Jaaaon they can carry away.
■a ? The garrison shall inarch out on the
■of Aogufh * n l^e manner stipulated by
article-- -and as they shall be prison-
M o s war, the route to return into France
Bijh? communicated to them 24 hours pre
■,,.;v to their departure, in order to re
■' their parole of honor and the officers, as
K as to arrange other matters refpeding
S (bldiery, who shall engage not to serve
Bjj n<T t he whole course of the present war,
m in 4 t he armies of his majesty the Empe
■ and of his allies, without having been
■4an~ed conformably to the cartels, under
|M|n of°military punishment.
■Ap, The other pieces of artillery shall
Hjlow in eight days after the depasture of
■tgarrifon, as well as the ammunition and
fßjury effeds.
■ Ans. Refufed, as to what relates to the
BiUerv, and, in general, to all the warlike
Brfsand proviflons, and other military ar-
Icies, but granted, as to what relates to the
Blbnal 1 ro; erty of the officers and foldier3
■the garrison.
■ Art. 5. The neceflary carriages and hor-
H for transporting the baggage, and for
■canting the officers, shall be paid for as
Hay be agreed upon.
■ Ans. The neceflary carriages and horses,
Rr the transport of the baggage, shall be
Hided for the garrison, on being paid
H; and the commiflaries at war, who shall
■atheir part remain in the place, shall be
Rifonally responsible for the return of tire
Rid carriages and horses.
I Art. 6. Twelve covered waggons shall be
Irovided, which are not to be l’earched.
■ Ans. Refufed.
I Art. 7. The convalescent soldiers, in a
|tuation of being removed, shall be carried
Iway, and the neceflary carriages for their re
moval shall also be provided by the besiegers.
Ans. Granted, under the stipulations of
ie sth article.
Art. 8. As to the sick who are unable to
ear removal, they shall remain in the hofpi
als where they now are, being taken care
if by the officers of health appointed for that
mrpofe, at the expence of the republic, un
!er the infpeditm of a commiflary at war—
ind whenever these fickperfons shall be fit
for removal, they shall in like manner be
foufhed with carriages.
Ans. Granted—provided that the commif
fkries remaining for the administration of the
hospitals shall be fubjed to the military po
lice, as well as those mentioned in the Vth
ttticle—and the convalescent soldiers shall
he prisoners, as -stipulated in the Illi arti
de.
Art. 9. The Teprefentatives of the people,
and all persons attached to the republic, of
whatever description they may be< shall par
ticipate in the capitulation of the army, and
stall enjoy the fame conditions.
Ans. AM persons, not military, being
considered as citizens, shall enjoy the treat
ment granted to this class of persons.
Art; 10. The deserters shall remain re
ciprocally in the corps in which they are,
without being molelted. With regard to
the prisoners, they may be exchanged.
Ans. Refufed. The deserters shall be
icrupuloufly delivered up before the garrison
jtaves the place ; and the neceflary researches
ffiall be made to discover those who may be
concealed. The Austrian prisoners, and those
of the allied powers, shall be faithfully re
itored.
Art. i.t. Commiflaries shall be appointed
fin both sides, to fix upon the objeds which
Mbe adjudged to the republic—as well as
'he papers relative to the artillery, the forti
fications and'military registers, as well those
of this town as of eve fy other place belong
!ng to the republic. The fame shall be ob
feryed with refped to all the papers of the
*ivil aivd military administrations.
Ans, Commiflaries from all the military
and civil departments shall be appointed, to
deceive tha papers, effeds, and military
gildings, artillery, cafl iron, arsenals, war
*ke stores and proviflons, military and civil
ehefts. In a word, all the other objeds be
longing to the government, of whatever de
fsription. These commiflaries shall be In
troduced into the town immediately after the
exchange ofhoftages. The chiefs of the
different corps shall be personally refponfibre
for the frauds which may be committed in
the delivery of the papers, cheffs, artillery,
and other objeds above mentioned.
Art. 12. The inhabitants of both sexes at
present in this town, or those who have ta
ken refuge in it, the public fundionaries,
and all the other agents of the French repub
lic, shall be proteded in their honors, their
lives, and their properties, with permiffiou
to retire wherever they please.
Ans. The good order and difeipline of the
allied armies will preserve the inhabitants
from every kind of inful? in their persons and
properties.
Art. 13. For the maintenance of order in
the police, the fafety of persons and preser
vation of property, the Constituted authori
ties and the. tribunals shall remain in the dis
charge oftheir fundionsuntil it may be other
wise provided. The decisions of the tribu
nals shall be refpeded, and no constituted
authority shall be called to account for the
legal proceedings of its administration, or of
its jurifdidion.
Ans. Refufed—But the administrative
and judicial corps shall be refpeded, until it
shall have been otherwise provided by his
imperial majesty.
Art. 14. No petfon shall be molested for
his opinions, whatever they may have been,
nor for what he shall have lawfully said or
done before or during the siege.
Ans. The intention of his majesty the
emperor and king is, that the peaceable in
habitants shall in no wife be disturbed.
Art. 15. The inhabitants shall not be
fubjeded to the quartering of troops.
Aria. Granted—as far as the number and
accommodation of the military buildings will
allow.
Art. 16. The inhabitants shall not be ob
liged to perform any military duty, and those
who have done so until the present moment,
shall not be considered as military.
Ans. The inhabitants shall not be obliged
to perform any military service, except in
the usual cases, in the provinces of his ma
jesty the emperor in the Low Countries—As
to those who shall be armed or in uniform,
they shall be treated as the other military,
according to the jd article.
Art. 17. The inhabitants shall also be
exempted from military labour.
Ans. Referred to article 16.
Art. 18. Those persons who shall chufe
to reside" elsewhere, lhall have liberty to de
part from the town with their families, bag
gage, furniture and effeds, and to dispose
of their immoveable- property, or what is
deemed such, to the profit of whomsoever
they may think proper, during the term of
fix months.
Ans. The inhabitant's fhaiU be permitted
to retire with their effeds, within the term
of fix months, wherever they please, and
pafTpdfts shall be granted to them in conse
quence.
Art. 19. All those who may wish to return
to, or to come and inhabit in this city, shall
be received, and shall enjoy the fame advan
tage as the other inhabitants.
Ans. Granted.
Art. 20. The present currency, namely,
affignats, shall continue to be received.
Ans. Refufed to acknowledge affignats
as money until an ulterior arrangement.
Art. 21. The national domains, which
have been fold in conformity to the existing
laws, shall be preserved to the purchaiers.
Ans. This article not being of a military
nature, shall be referred, as the preceeding
one, for future arrangement.
Art. 22. The commonalty shall continue
to enjoy the properties which they at present
poflefs, both moveables and immoveables,
especially the corn which they have in ma
gazines, for the subsistence of the inhabi
tants.
Ans. Answered as the preceding article.
With regard to the magazines of corn, they
shall he disposed of for the benefit of the
person to whom they of right belong.
Art. 23. The colleges, hospitals and other
charitable eftablifhme;%.*, shall continue in
the free and peaceable enjoyment of all their
pr<r?rtv, more able and immoveable.
Aas. Granted for alb legitimate proper
ty-
Art. 24. All debts contracted before and
during the liege by the municipality, the
general council of the commonalty, and the
other conllituted authorities, whether liqui
dated or to be liquidated, lhall be held as
lawfully and jultly contracted.
Ans. The debts contracted by the garrison,
the military citizens, and inhabitants of
whatever defcriptiop, lhall be liquidated to
the fatisfaCtion of the parties.
Art. 25. If any difficulty in the terms and
conditions of the capitulation (hould occur,
it fhail be understood in the molt favourable
sense for the garrison of the place and its
inhabitants.
Ans. All the answers above mentioned
being clearly expressed, this article is with
out an objeCt.
Given at my head- At Valenciennes, the
quarters before 27th of July 1793*
Valenciennes, this in the second year
28th July, 1793. of the French re
public.
(Signed) (Signed)
FREDERICK, FERRAND,
Duke of York, com- The general of the
mander in chief of division com
the allied army be manding in the
sieging Valencien- place,
nes.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES.
Art. 1. This day, the 28th of July, at
seven o’clock in the morning, the garrison
lhall deliver up to the forces of the besieging
army the outworks, the half moon, the crown
work, the counter garde, and the pate of
' the gate for the fuccour of the citadel, as
well as the half moon and the horn work of
the gate of Cambray. And for the fake of
preserving order until the departure of the
garrison, they lhall retain the interior of the
gate of the corps de place, of the citadel and
of the city, until their departure.
Art. 2. Ifananfwer is not returned by Gen,
Ferrant before seven o’clock in the evening*
it is declared to him, that the fire of the
trenches, lhall recommence at nine o’clock*
when the truce will be terminated by his
silence.
Art. 3: The commanders of the different
corps, who have papers or effefts, to deliver
up, lhall remain in the place, until the de
livery and inventories of the papers and ef
fects lhall have been made by the imperial
commissaries.
Art. 4. As fobn as the capitulation lhall be
l signed, hostages lhall be sent into the place,
namely, a colonel, a major, and a captain,
who lhall be exchanged against officers of an
equal rank of the garrison ; which hostages
lhall be restored immediately after the exe
cution of the articles of capitulation.
Given at my head-quarters before Va
lenciennes, this 28th of July 1793*
(Signed)
FREDERICK, Duke of York, Com
mander in chief of the allied army
besieging Valenciennes.
Letter from General Ftrrandi commander in
chief at Valenciennes, to Frederick Duke of
York, commanding the combined armies be
sieging that place, dated July 28, 1793*
the id year of the republic . *
Upon the receipt of your letter, I aflem
bled the council of War—and as soon as we
became acquainted with the articles it con
tains, it appeared very evident to us that
the promise you had made to us yesterday
was withdrawn, for in the articles you now
propole, no mention is made of an honorable
capitulation.
In consequence, I persist, as well as the
other members of the general council of war,
in my demand of the firft article being en
tirely preserved. We moreover demand,
that citizens Cochon and Brie, representa
tives of the people, be allowed to accompa
ny the garrison. We persist in the fccond
article in our demand, that a field piece,
either a four or an eight pounder, with its
. carriage, be allowed to each battalion. We
persist also in the third article, as far as the
allowance of three days to the garrison to
leave the place.
And, lastly, in the lixth article, reducing,
however, our demand to fix waggons instead.
of twelve; and that nothing lhall be changed
in the articles 8, 10, and n.