spectively engaged their word of honour to the count de Lynar, to
abide by the convention hereafter stipulated; and he, the count de
Lynar, correspondently to the magnanimity of the king his master's
intention, obliges himself to procure the guarantee mentioned in the
present convention; so that it shall be sent to him, with his full
powers, which there was no time to make out in the circumstances which
hurried his departure.

Article I. Hostilities shall cease on both sides within twenty-four
hours, or sooner, if possible. Orders for this purpose shall be
immediately sent to the detached corps.

II. The auxiliary troops of the army of the duke of Cumberland, namely,
those of Hesse, Brunswick, Saxe-Gotha, and even those of the count de la
Lippe Bucke-bourg, shall be sent home; and as it is necessary to settle
particularly their march to their respective countries, a general
officer of each nation shall be sent from the army of the allies, with
whom shall be settled the route of those troops, the divisions they
shall march in, their subsistence on their march, and their passports to
be granted them by his excellency the duke de Richelieu to go to their
own countries, where they shall be placed and distributed as shall be
agreed upon between the court of France and their respective sovereigns.

III. His royal highness the duke of Cumberland obliges himself to pass
the Elbe, with such part of his army as he shall not be able to place
in the city of Stade; that the part of his forces which shall enter
into garrison in the said city, and which it is supposed may amount
to between four and six thousand men, shall remain there under the
guarantee of his majesty the king of Denmark, without committing any act
of hostility; nor, on the other hand, shall they be exposed to any of
the French troops. In consequence thereof, commissaries, named on each
side, shall agree upon the limits to be fixed round that place, for the
convenieucy of the garrison; which limits shall not extend beyond half
a league or a league from the place, according to the nature of
the ground or circumstances, which shall be fairly settled by the
commissaries. The rest of the Hanoverian army shall go and take quarters
in the country beyond the Elbe; and, to facilitate the march of those
troops, his excellency the duke de Richelieu shall concert with a
general officer, sent from the Hanoverian army, the route they shall
take; obliging himself to give the nec