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s-in-Chief of the two armies, and the Commander-in-Chief of the British fleet at the entrance of the Tagus, will appoint a day to assemble, on such part of the coast as shall be judged convenient, to negociate and conclude the said Convention. ART. III. The river of Sirandre shall form the line of demarcation to be established between the two armies; Torres Vedras shall not be occupied by either. ART. IV. The General-in-Chief of the English army undertakes to include the Portugueze armies in this suspension of arms; and for them the line of demarkation shall be established from Leyria to Thomar. ART. V. It is agreed provisionally that the French army shall not, in any case, be considered as prisoners of war; that all the individuals who compose it shall be transported to France with their arms and baggage, and the whole of their private property, from which nothing shall be exempted. ART. VI. No individual, whether Portugueze, or of a nation allied to France, or French, shall be called to account for his political conduct; their respective property shall be protected; and they shall be at liberty to withdraw from Portugal, within a limited time, with their property. ART. VII. The neutrality of the port of Lisbon shall be recognised for the Russian fleet: that is to say, that, when the English army or fleet shall be in possession of the city and port, the said Russian fleet shall not be disturbed during its stay; nor stopped when it wishes to sail; nor pursued, when it shall sail, until after the time fixed by the maritime law. ART. VIII. All the artillery of French calibre, and also the horses of the cavalry, shall be transported to France. ART. IX. This suspension of arms shall not be broken without forty-eight hours' previous notice. Done and agreed upon between the above-named Generals, the day and year above-mentioned. (Signed) ARTHUR WELLESLEY. KELLERMANN, General-of-Division. _Additional Article_. The garrisons of the places occupied by the French army shall be included in the present Convention, if they have not capitulated before the 25th instant. (Signed) ARTHUR WELLESLEY. KELLERMANN, General-of-Division. (A true Copy.) A.J. DALRYMPLE, Captain, Military Secretary. * * * * * DEFINITIVE CONVENTION FOR THE EVACUATION OF PORTUGAL BY THE FRENCH ARMY. The Generals commanding in chief the British and French armies in Portugal, h
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