On 14 June 1813 the Treaty of Reichenbach was signed between Great Britain and Prussia. The British were represented by
Sir Charles Stewart, the half-brother of
Foreign Secretary Lord Castlereagh, who had been named the British ambassador to Prussia. The Prussians initially wanted Britain to fund 100,000 men but Castlereagh, suspicious of the poorly trained state of the Prussian army, insisted on paying for 80,000 only. To maintain this force, Britain agreed to provide Prussia a subsidy of 666,666
pounds sterling. In exchange for this aid, the king of Prussia agreed to cede the
principality of Hildesheim and other territories to the
Electorate of Hanover, enlarging the latter by 250,000-300,000 people. On 15 June 1813 the Treaty of Reichenbach was signed between Great Britain and Russia. The negotiations for this treaty were led by the British ambassador to Russia,
Lord Cathcart. The British initially wanted Russia to send 200,000 troops against Napoleon while
Alexander I of Russia maintained he could only spare 150,000. After difficult negotiations, the sides agreed that Russia will supply 160,000 troops while Britain will provide Russia with a subsidy of 1,333,334 pounds sterling to pay for them. On 27 June 1813 the Treaty of Reichenbach (also known as the
Reichenbach Convention) was signed between Prussia, Russia, and Austria. The driving force behind this treaty was
Clemens von Metternich, the Austrian chancellor. It was signed by
Count Nesselrode for Russia and
Prince von Hardenberg for Prussia. Based on the terms of the accord, Austria agreed to mediate with Napoleon and to declare war against Napoleon if he didn't agree to the Allied peace conditions by 20 July 1813. The conditions of peace to be presented to Napoleon included: • Surrendering the
Illyrian Provinces to Austria • Recognizing the independence of the German states of the
Confederation of the Rhine • Removing French troops from Germany and Italy • Giving up the
Grand Duchy of Warsaw and leaving the post-war settlement in the hands of the Allies • Restoring independence to
Hesse-Kassel,
Hanover, and free cities of
Hamburg and
Lübeck • Returning the
Papal States,
Piedmont and the German possessions of the
House of Orange to their previous owners • Restoring Prussia to its 1806 borders. ==Aftermath==