Four days later, a tearful Captain Wikerus stumbles into the Diet Chamber.

"Mein lords! Duke Hummel has fallen against the French while sallying out of Antwerpen. I was there, commanding a company of archers and I saw the Duke go down fighting. We rallied for a time and managed to kill the Frankish king, but alas, we were defeated, and Antwerpen has fallen. Indeed, I and only six others escaped with our lives.