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... renewed conquests. Therefore, he restored the Bourbon monarchy in France and the country had to pay an indemnity as well as support an army occupation in. The French frontiers were pulled back to those of 1790 and states on either side of France were strengthened. He hoped that such changes would prevent France from expanding in future into Europe. However, in his anxiety to contain France Castlereagh had made some major mistakes. He had delivered the prosperous Rhineland to Prussia, which assisted in development of Prussian strength in Europe. Nevertheless, this was regarded as one of Castlereagh's successes as France made no territorial acquisitions in the nineteenth century and the expansion of the frontier was halted. Next, Castlereagh was concerned with Territorial settlement in Europe. The gains eventually were moderate and balanced with Britain keeping the essential naval bases, such as Salon (Sri Lanka), Gibraltar and the Cape Colony and ...