In the winter of 1599–1600, a lull in the campaigning season, troops from the Army of Flanders garrisoned in 's-Hertogenbosch brought in a French prisoner, a cavalry lieutenant in the service of the Republic.

Dutch cavalry lieutenant Gerard Abrahams, hearing of the letter's content, challenged Bréauté to meet him on Vught Heath with equal numbers to put his boast to the test.

Abrahams was the first casualty, being shot through the neck by Bréauté in the first charge, and his brother also died in the encounter.

He was killed in cold blood, three quarters of an hour after having been captured, in revenge for the death of the Abrahams brothers.

Sur l'assassin, fait nouvellement, de sang froit, a leur fils et mari, le jeune Seigneur de Bréauté (Paris, Philippe du Pré, 1600).