...generally amounted to about four hundred, consisting chiefly of naval officers, captains of merchant ships, a few officers of the army who had been shipwrecked on the French coast, and some passengers taken on their return from the East Indies. The common sailors were sent to Givet or Saarlouis, a few...

...has generally amounted to 400, consisting chiefly of naval officers and masters of merchant-ships, and including a few officers of the Army, who had...respectability who would take them into their service." There is another brief account by James Forbes, a member of the Society of Antiquaries, who was detained...