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Barrier Treaty
During the War of Spanish Succession, the "Barrier Treaties" were the names given first to the treaty signed on October 29, 1709 between Great Britain and the states-general of the United Provinces. By the terms of the Treaty, the United Provinces engaged to guarantee the Protestant succession in England in favor of the House of Hanover, while Great Britain undertook to procure for the Dutch an adequate barrier on the side of the Netherlands, consisting of the towns of Veurne, Nieuwpoort, Ypres, Menen, Lille, Tournai, Condé, Valenciennes, Maubeuge, Charleroi, Namur, Halle, Damme, Dendermonde and the citadel of Ghent.
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