Episode 6 of 6

Castiglione extension and resumption of hostilities

When
29 September – 22 November 1800
Where
Castiglione and Lunéville (not among allowed places)
Part of
Convention of Alessandria

The Convention of Castiglione extended the armistice on 29 September, but Lunéville negotiations failed and fighting resumed on 22 November 1800.

On 29 September, the Convention of Castiglione was signed, extending the Convention of Alessandria; but further negotiations at Lunéville were fruitless, as Napoleon demanded separate peace treaties with England and Austria. Great Britain and Austria had hoped to negotiate a peace treaty with France, but Napoleon insisted on separate treaties with each nation. The negotiations failed, and fighting resumed on 22 November 1800.

Sources

  1. Convention of Alessandria Wikipedia, revision of 2025-10-06

Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.