Convention of Alkmaar

[2] Articles agreed upon by Major-General Knox, duly authorised by His Royal Highness the Duke of York, Commander-in-Chief of the combined English [sic] and Russian Army, and Citizen Rostollan, General of Brigade, and Atjutant-General, duly authorised by Citizen Brune, General and Commander-in-Chief of the French and Batavian Army.

Article V. The combined English and Russian army shall embark as soon as possible, and shall evacuate the territory, coasts, islands and inland waters of the Dutch Republic by 30 November 1799, without committing any injury by inundations, cutting the dykes, or otherwise interfering with the means of navigation.

General Brune shall be at liberty to send an officer within the lines of the Zuype [sic], and to the Helder,[3] to report to him the state of the batteries and the progress of the embarkation.

His Royal Highness the Duke of York shall be equally at liberty to send an officer within the French and Batavian lines, to satisfy himself that no new works are carried on on their side.

Eight thousand prisoners of war, French and Batavians, taken before the present campaign, and now detained in England, shall be restored without conditions to their respective countries.

Evacuation of Holland by the Anglo-Russians, and capitulation of the Duke of York, 10 Brumaire Year 8 (1 November 1799). Engraving by Jean Duplessis-Bertaux , 1799-1804.