My father was exchanged for the famous general, Mack, whom the Austrian emperor had lent to the Neapolitans. This general was later captured at Ulm, for the third time, hence the following quatrain:
"En loyauté comme en vaillance, Mack est un homme singulier; Retenu sur parole, il s'échappe de France; Libre dans Ulm, il se rend prisonnier."
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