Le Conseil de l’amirauté britannique négocie un échange de prisonniers.

Lettre signée conjointement par les membres du Conseil de l'amirauté britannique, John Schank, Ambrose Serle et Rupert George, relative à l'échange de trois prisonniers de haut rang, avec le gouvernement français : le général d'Hermann, le major général Don et le général Mack. «He [le roi d'Angleterre] was unable to recal the rigorous but necessary instructions, of which we gave you notice in our letter of the 21th of february last and which it is His Majesty's pleasure should now no longer be enforced. And in order to satisfy the French Government, that no difficulty will be made on the part of the Cabinet of Vienna to exchange the above mentioned officers for the three French Generals demanded by the French Government, we are directed to send you the enclosed extract of a letter from lord Minto, His Majesty's minister at Vienna, to Lord Greenville, which leaves no doubt upon this point [...]».