 Bathurst was promptly recalled to London and decided that the safest route was to travel north and take ship from Hamburg.On 25 November 1809, Bathurst and his German courier, a Herr Krause, who were travelling by chaise under the aliases of "Baron de Koch" and "Fischer" respectively, stopped at the town of Perleberg, west of Berlin.After ordering fresh horses at the post house, Bathurst and his companion walked to a nearby inn, the White Swan.