The Virginia Gazette

Preliminary Articles of Peace, concluded in the Ottoman Camp the 21st of Aug. O. S. between the Emperor and the Grand Seignior.

I.
The Fortress of Belgrade, which the Imperial Arms took in 1717, shall be restored to the Ottoman Empire, with its ancient Enclosure, the Reparations made thereto, and the Works inseparably attached to it: The Powder, Magazines, Arsenals, Cisterns, and all the publick and private Edifices extant in the City, shall be left to the Ottoman Empire. The rest of the new Fortifications, Walls, little Ports, as well of the Castle as the Town, as far as the Covert-way and Glacis, both inclusive, as likewise the Opposite to them on the other Side of the Danube and the Save, shall be demolished, upon Condition that no Damage be done to what is ceded.

II. The Fortress of Sabacz shall likewise be restored to the Ottoman Empire in its former State, and upon the Conditions stipulated in Regard to Belgrade. All the Artillery actually in Belgrade and Sabacz, together with the warlike Stores, Provisions, and such like Things that may be removed, including the Men of War and other Vessels in the two Rivers belonging to his Imperial Majesty, shall remain in his Possession; and, in Exchange, all that is stipulated above concerning the said Places of Belgrade and Sabacz, shall be left to the Porte.

III. His Imperial Majesty cedes the Province of Servia, wherein Belgrade lies: The Danube and the Save shall be the Bounds of the Provinces belonging to the two Empires; and as to the Limits of Bosnia, they shall be the same as were settled by the Treaty of Carlowitz.

IV. His Imperial Majesty cedes to the Porte all the Austrian Walachia, including the mountainous Part: He likewise gives up the Fort Perichan which he built there; but the Porte shall demolish it, and never fortify it again.

V. The Island and Fortress of Orsova, with Fort St. Elizabeth, shall remain in the Hands of the Grand Seignior in their present Condition. The Banat of Temeswar shall likewise remain entire in his Imperial Majesty's Possession, as far as the Confines of the Austrian Walachia, except the little Plain over-against the Island of Orsova, which is shut in by the Rivulet of Zerna which runs from Meadia, by the Danube, by another Rivulet, which serves as a Limit to the Austrian Walachia, and lastly, by the first Hills of the said Banat, &c. which said Plain is to remain to the Porte; nevertheless it is agreed, that if the Turks can turn aside the Course of the whole River of Zerna, so that it may run upon the Back of old Orsova, in this Case the Town of old Orsova, not including its Territory, becoming contiguous to the said little Plain, shall belong to the Porte, but he shall never fortify that Place; and for that Purpose aforesaid the Porte shall have a Year granted to her for turning aside the Channel of the said River Zerna, which if not performed within the said Term, he loses her Right to the said Town of old Orsova, which shall then remain in the Emperor's Hands. The Fortifications of Meadia, which his Imperial Majesty is to keep, shall forthwith be destroyed by the Porte, and never be restored by his Imperial Majesty, who also engages not to re-establish those that are to be demolished on the Save and the Danube.