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THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN.

I ntelligence that a British fleet was seen off" the Sound, produced a much more general alarm than its actual arrival in the roads of Copenhagen. Our means of defence were in such a state, that we could scarcely hope to re­ sist, much less to repel an enemy. There could be no doubt as to the British ships passing the Sound the moment an op­ portunity offered, considering how the Dutch Admiral Opdam, passed it with his fleet, du­ ring the siege of Copenhagen, in the years 1658-60. At that time Cronborg was in pos* B