 In February 1590, a nobleman from Cambrai, Charles de Heraugiere under orders from Maurice of Nassau was to make a covert reconnoiter of Breda.Disguised as a fisherman he was hoping to enter Breda and to study its weaknesses, garrison strength and general conditions.Heraugiere contacted Adriaen van Bergen, loyal to the Dutch by trade who was used to entering and leaving Breda with a barge loaded of winter fuel, in this case peat.