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It was upon the last day of July, when public excitement was running high, and all men were talking and thinking of an approaching battle, that word was brought into the camp, and eagerly passed from mouth to mouth, to the effect that the King of France had despatched certain messengers to hold parley with the royal Edward, and that they were even now being admitted to the camp by the bridge of Nieulay the only approach to Calais through the marshes on the northeast, which had been closely guarded by the English throughout the siege.
The only road across the 'marishes' on the south and south-west was commanded by Fort Nieulay then called Newlandbridge a place of great importance, originally built in an extensive morass, and furnished with sluice-gates to the sea, which enabled its holders to flood the surrounding country at will.
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