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Article MONTHLY CHRONICLE. ← Page 3 of 7 →
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Monthly Chronicle.
THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARILY . . , MONDAY , July 29 . Whitehall , July 29 . YESTER . D A . Y morning a Messenger arrived at the Office of the Right HOB . Lord Grenville , His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , with dispatches from the Earl of Yarmouth , dated at the Camp before Mayence ,
July 23 , containing an account of the Surrender of that city to His Prussian Majesty on the preceding day , with the Articles of Capitulation , of which the following is a Translation : ARTICLES OF CAPITULATION . Offered by Brigadier-General D'Oyre , Commander in Chief at Mayence , Cassel , and the Maces which are dependent upon them . Article I . The French Army shall deliver up to His Majesty the King of
Prussia the city of Mayence and Cassel , together with their fortifications and all the posts which belong to them , in their present state ; also the Artillery , both French and Foreign , Warlike Stores and Provisions , those mattersonly excepted which are mentioned in the following articles . Answer . Accepted . Article II . The Garrison shall march out with all the Honours of War , carrying away their Arms , J 3 aggage , and other Effects , the private property of the Individuals of the Garrison .
Answer . Granted , on condition that the Garrison shall not serve , during the space of a year , against the Armies of the Allied Powers ; and that if the } ' carry away any covered waggons , His Prussian Majesty reserves the right of searching them , in case he should think proper . Article III . The Garrison shall be allowed fo carry away , with them tlieir . Field Pieces with their Carriages . Answer . Refused . Article IK The General Officers , private Persons , the Commissaries of War ,
all the Directors , and those employed under them , in the different Departments of the Army , and , in general , all Individuals , French Subjects , belonging to the Garrison , shall carry away their Horses , Carriages , and Effects . Answer . Granted . Article [ r . The Garrison shall remain in the place forty-eight hours after the signature of the present Capitulation ; and , if that time should not be sufficient for the last Divisions , a further delay of twenty-four hours shall be granted to them . Annua : Granted .
Article VI . The Commanders in Chief shall be permitted to send one or more Agents , furnished with Passports by His Prussian Majesty , to endeavour to procure the- Money necessary for the payment of the Debts contracted by the Army ; and the French Garrison desires , that , until the said debts shall be discharged , or tin til ) an arrangement shall be made for their Liquidation , Permission may be granted them to leave Hostages , who may rely on His Majesty's protection . Answer . Granted . Article VII . The Garrison of Mayence and it ' s dependencies , immediately
after their evacuation , shall begin their March towards France in several columns , and shall set out at different times . Each column shall be furnished with a Prussian Escort for their safety to the Frontier . General D'Oyre shall have the liberty of sending in advance the Staff" Officers and the Commissaries of War , in order to provide for the subsistence and accomodation of the French Troops . Answer . Granted . Article VIII . In case the Horses and Carriages belonging to the French army should not be sufficient for the transport of the Camp Equipage and other Effects mentioned in the preeeding Articles , they shall be furnished with others ill lh % Country , upon paving for them . Answer . Granted ,
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Monthly Chronicle.
THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARILY . . , MONDAY , July 29 . Whitehall , July 29 . YESTER . D A . Y morning a Messenger arrived at the Office of the Right HOB . Lord Grenville , His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , with dispatches from the Earl of Yarmouth , dated at the Camp before Mayence ,
July 23 , containing an account of the Surrender of that city to His Prussian Majesty on the preceding day , with the Articles of Capitulation , of which the following is a Translation : ARTICLES OF CAPITULATION . Offered by Brigadier-General D'Oyre , Commander in Chief at Mayence , Cassel , and the Maces which are dependent upon them . Article I . The French Army shall deliver up to His Majesty the King of
Prussia the city of Mayence and Cassel , together with their fortifications and all the posts which belong to them , in their present state ; also the Artillery , both French and Foreign , Warlike Stores and Provisions , those mattersonly excepted which are mentioned in the following articles . Answer . Accepted . Article II . The Garrison shall march out with all the Honours of War , carrying away their Arms , J 3 aggage , and other Effects , the private property of the Individuals of the Garrison .
Answer . Granted , on condition that the Garrison shall not serve , during the space of a year , against the Armies of the Allied Powers ; and that if the } ' carry away any covered waggons , His Prussian Majesty reserves the right of searching them , in case he should think proper . Article III . The Garrison shall be allowed fo carry away , with them tlieir . Field Pieces with their Carriages . Answer . Refused . Article IK The General Officers , private Persons , the Commissaries of War ,
all the Directors , and those employed under them , in the different Departments of the Army , and , in general , all Individuals , French Subjects , belonging to the Garrison , shall carry away their Horses , Carriages , and Effects . Answer . Granted . Article [ r . The Garrison shall remain in the place forty-eight hours after the signature of the present Capitulation ; and , if that time should not be sufficient for the last Divisions , a further delay of twenty-four hours shall be granted to them . Annua : Granted .
Article VI . The Commanders in Chief shall be permitted to send one or more Agents , furnished with Passports by His Prussian Majesty , to endeavour to procure the- Money necessary for the payment of the Debts contracted by the Army ; and the French Garrison desires , that , until the said debts shall be discharged , or tin til ) an arrangement shall be made for their Liquidation , Permission may be granted them to leave Hostages , who may rely on His Majesty's protection . Answer . Granted . Article VII . The Garrison of Mayence and it ' s dependencies , immediately
after their evacuation , shall begin their March towards France in several columns , and shall set out at different times . Each column shall be furnished with a Prussian Escort for their safety to the Frontier . General D'Oyre shall have the liberty of sending in advance the Staff" Officers and the Commissaries of War , in order to provide for the subsistence and accomodation of the French Troops . Answer . Granted . Article VIII . In case the Horses and Carriages belonging to the French army should not be sufficient for the transport of the Camp Equipage and other Effects mentioned in the preeeding Articles , they shall be furnished with others ill lh % Country , upon paving for them . Answer . Granted ,