The Treaty of Den Haag (also known as the Treaty of The Hague and occasionally the Hedges Treaty) was signed on May 16, 1795 between representatives of the

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and the

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. Based on the terms of the treaty, the Batavian Republic ceded to France the territories of

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, and

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. Moreover, the accord established a defensive alliance between the two nations, which rapidly involved the Netherlands in the war against

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and

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. Furthermore, the Dutch agreed to pay an indemnity of 100 million guilders for their part in the war of the

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, and to provide the French Republic a large loan against a low rate of interest. The "barrier forts" in the former

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were dismantled. The port of

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was to be placed under a co-dominion. Finally, in a secret clause, the Dutch agreed to pay for a French army of occupation of 25,000 till the war was ended.Schama, p. 207.

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