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The decisive battle of Wagram led to an armistice, which the Emperor of
Germany was compelled to sue for, which, after a protracted negotiation,
was followed by a treaty of peace. According to the terms of this treaty,
Austria ceded a great portion of her territory; agreed to a contribution
to indemnify France for the expenses of the war, and acknowledged Joseph
Bonaparte King of Spain. To the King of Bavaria she gave up Saltzburg, and
a tract of country along the banks of the Danube, from Passau to Lintz.
To the King of Saxony she yielded the whole of Western Gallicia. To Russia
so much of the eastern part of that province as contained a population of
40,000 souls. To France she ceded Fiume and Trieste, with the whole of the
country south of the Saave, to where that river enters Bosnia. She also
gave up the inhabitants of the Tyrol, on the condition of their receiving
from Bonaparte a full and free pardon. Such was the fatal effects of the
battle of Wagram, which the Austrians gave so favourable an account of,
and claimed as a victory. |
