Note a — CORRESPONDENCE OF THE FAMILY OF HADDOCK.
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Antoine, Marshal d’Aumont, Governor of Boulogne. Negotiations had been opened with traitors within Ostend; but the matter was kept no secret, and the garrison was prepared. When therefore D’Aumont attempted a surprise, the tables were turned; he was caught in a trap and had to surrender.—Sismondi, Hist. des Français, vol. xxiv. (1840), p. 564.