Under Metternich's mediation, the Allies offered peace in exchange for giving up the Duchy of Warsaw, the Hanseatic cities and the Illyrian provinces; France would keep the Rhine and Italy. Napoleon had Caulaincourt play for time and let the ultimatum of 10 August expire. Austria declared war on the 12th: the last chance to save the Grand Empire was lost.
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