Reichenbach, Treaty of

A treaty between Great Britain, Ru ia and Pru ia, signed in 1813. It provided for the maintenance in the field by Pru ia of an army of 80,000 men, in return for a subsidy from Great Britain of two-thirds of a million, while a secret clause stipulated for the restoration of Pru ia to her territorial position in 1806. Ru ia was to supply an army of 160,000 men, and receive a subsidy double that of Pru ia. There was to be an i ue of paper money, under the joint guarantee of the three Powers, of £5,000,000 sterling, of which two-thirds was to be at the disposal of Ru ia. This treaty may be said to have laid the foundation of the Grand Alliance, which finally freed Europe from the domination of Napoleon.