AccountOfTheSiegeBombardmentOfCopenhagen
cessarjf to reconnoitre the garden o f Mr. Classen, to learn whether the Enemy had be gun to erect a Battery on that spot* a sally tvas made to-day at four o’clock by the uof- Wegiari life-regiment, under the command o f Colonel Beck. The force consisted o f 3 Battalions of the Infantry, the Riflemen or 'Chasseurs of the K ing ’s Life-guard, the Kiflemen o f other Regiments, and the jftuntsmen from the country. This Corps Was supported b y 8 guns. .T h e design of this sally was perfectly attained. The gar den being exactly examined, and the Rifle men of the eneiny driven out, we were con vinced that the English had neither erected dr begun to erect any Battery. A ll the buildings at that place were burnt, besides a great part o f the'wood . After that was executed, our troops returned in good or der to the Citadel, when they saw several large colufnns o f the enemy approaching from Wibenshuus and along the shore. Our brave troops executed this undertaking to my greatest satisfaction. The lofs of the
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