AccountOfTheSiegeBombardmentOfCopenhagen

wards the English, The saluting o f the flag­ ship and the friendly reception o f the englisk fleet in our port annihilated every appre­ hension of hostile views.. ’ Th e English were supplied with provisions and necessaries at El sinor and were treated like friends. N o t­ withstanding it now was generally supposed that the british troops on board of the trans- port-vessels had a design to take possession of our island, no steps towards such a mea­ sure were ye t adopted. The Prince Royal being with the army in Holstein, we were entirely unprepared to offer resistance.. Mf* Tailor? being destined to replace Mr. Gar- lick, Minister of his Britannic Majesty at the Court o f Copenhagen, arrived the js to fA u g . at the Capital. It was generally reported, that Mr, Garlick was going on a mission, to the Court o f Prussia. A t the same time in­ telligence o f the arrival o f the english fleet was sent off to the Prince Royal at Kiel. Aug. 6 Mr. Jackson arrived at Copenhagen, ?nd directly went to His Royal Highnefs at K iel in, order to communicate to him the

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