the terms agreed by the allies. In their final form, these involved France giving up about two-thirds of the territory acquired between 1790 and 1792 which had been left to her by the Treaty of Paris. Along with all the territory in Savoy and along the lake of Geneva, it included the area around the fortresses of Condé, Philippeville, Mariembourg, Givet and Charlemont, which were to go to the Netherlands; the enclave of Sarrelouis which was to go to Prussia; and the wedge of land around Landau and the two forts of l’Écluse and Joux, which was placed at the disposal of Austria. The fort of
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