By May, the insurrection was crushed-glory and moral rebuilt.
It was time to plan on a big summer push to punish Austria. This time the odds would be better than ever before.
Alas, it was not to be. An offer of peace came from Emperor Matto-Austria would give me Transylvania for peace. This was what I had wanted, and asked for, all along. As there was no guarantee of a decisive victory in another campaign, the whole exercise seemed to be a waste if the war was continued. I accepted the offer. The initial agreement was that I would propose peace in July, but I moved it ahead to June.
The reason for moving ahead with the peace was that France needed a real ally-England was tip toeing around without hurting Spain, while France was bled white. I wanted to get into the Spanish war as quickly as I could. I wanted N. African territory and some glory by actually winning a war. I was certain that if I could get an Army into action against Spain, Spain would crumble.
A treaty (Treaty of Anacona) allowing sharing of depots was initiated by Turkey. This allowed me to assist France in Italy, where it was isolated, until I could actually get into the war. I planned to cancelled my alliance with Spain so I could legally DoW it.
This map shows the extent of hostile moves by the Ottoman Empire against Austria in 1801-at the end of the war.
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.
Thomas Jefferson
