swer arriving late, accompanied by quantity of arms at Friedrickstadt, a desire, on his part, to take the which I have sent to major-general pleasure of his Danish,majesty, the Linsengen, I learned that a convoy reply could not be sent till the fols of 180 waggons, loaded with gun. lowing day. During all these days powder, and escorted by upwards the enemy has fired from the walls of 500 mnen, was on its way to and outworks with cannon and Friedrickstadt, after having'in vain musketry upon the advanced posts, attenpted to enter Copenhagen by and has thrown many shells on all

way of Roeskilde. I resolved to parts of the line, but has had no suc. atteinipt to cut it off from Friedricks. cess, except in setting fire to some werk, and proceeded for that pur. houses, and cutting some trees on pose to Krigume. I was informed his own side of the lakes.

here, that the said convoy had passed (Signed) CATHCART. there two hours before, that the

escort was very much fatigued, and Head-quarters before Copenhagen, had begun to desert. I was told MY LORD,

Sept. 2. that Friedrickswerk was a very I have the honour to transmit strong position, defended by a corps herewith the report of the expedic called the volunteers of that place, tion undertaken by brigadier-gene- raised by the Crown prince himself ral Von der Decken; in the course for the protection of the powder. of which he made a great number mills and arsenal there. Although of troops capitulate, and also took the horses of my detachment (which possession of the foundry and pow. was composed of 100 light dragoons der-mills Friedrickswerk. of the 1st line, including eighteen Ainongst the inclosures is the capi-dragoons of the 3d) were very fa. tulation, which has been ratified ; tigued, yet I thought it adviseable and the commanding -general in to attempt to take the place by sur. Copenhagen has actually permitted prise. I approached Friedricks. the artillery-men included in the werk at one o'clock of the morn. capitulation, but who were serving ing. Captain Kraukenberg, of the in the place, to come out of the 1st light dragoons, succeeded in surtown as prisoners on capitulation. prising an advanced piquet of nine The talents, zeal, and activity of men. In arriving near the entrance,

, the brigadier-general hare rendered where we expected to find a battery, him extremely useful on every oce

we met an officer, who informed me casion which has occurred to em. that the commanding oficer

willing to capitulate, if I'would I have the honour to be, &c. grant him honourable terms. Af

(Signed) CATHCART. ter some conversation with major To Lord Viscount Castlereagh. Tschering, aide-de-camp to the

prince, and governor of that place, Jagerberg, August 19, 1807.

he agreed to surrender with his MY LORD,

corps, 860 strong, including officers, After I had the honour to state under the condition that he and his to your lordship yesterday the

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whole corps should not serve during ture of six waggons loaded with the war, or until an exchange had powder, and also of a considerable' taken place. VOL. XLIX.

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I found a great quantity of pow. [The above is followed by a dis. der (about 1,000 centners), a nam. paich from lord Cathcart, enclosing ber of guns and small aris. As I the following from sir Arthur Wel. had no means to carry of the pow. lesley.] der, and even no time to destroy it, I was obliged to be satisfied with My Lord, Kioge, Aug. 29. the promise of the major, and all According to the intention which the officers, upon honour, that nei. I announced to your lordship on ther powder por stores should be the evening of the 27th, I moved to issged to the Danes. As there was Poeskild Kroe, and placed colone! 10 means of getting waggons, I Reden at Vallensbrek, and general was obliged to be sati-fied vith Linsengen marched yesterday morn. Carrying off the four gods, and half ing to Roeskild: by these different the arms of the corps which had movements, his force became the surrendered, and which I have de right instead of the left. livered to major-general Linsengen. Having bad reason to believe that

I left Friedrick-werk this morn. the enemy still remained at kioge, ing at five o'clock, and found my. I determined to attack him this day. self soon after attacked almost in all I settled with general Linsengen, the villages by peasants armed with that he should cross the Kioge ri. forks, delivered for that purpose by vulet at Little Sellyas, and turn the the Danish government, the greater enemy's left fank, while I should part on foot, but some on horse. move along the sea.road towards back. The dragoons took about Kioge, and attack him in front. fifty of these peasants, and five Both divisions broke up this horses, without any loss on our side. morning, and marched according On receiving information that all to the plan concerted. Upon my the roads in the woods before and approach to Kioge, I found the b hind Friedrickswerk, were full of enemy in force on the north side of peasants (some of which were arm. the town and rivulet, and they comcd with rifles), I changed my road menced a capnonade upon the pa. by marching to the left, where the troles of hyssars in my front; they ground is open, and I discharged had three or four regular battalions the peasants, after explaining to formed in one line, with caralry on them the object of our being in this both flanks, and apparently a large country.

body beyond the town and rivulet. I cannot conclude this long re. At the time agreed upon with gene. port withont certifying to your ral Linsengen, I formed my infantry Jordahip dy great satisfaction with in one live, with the left to the the conduct of the officers and men sea, having the two squadrons of which I have had the honour to hussars upon the right. There had command on this occasion, and to been some appearance of a move. recommend to your lordship's 110. ment by the enemy to their left; tice, captain Kraukenberg, of the and I had not had any communicaTot light dragoons.

tion with general Linsengen, and I have the honour to be, &c. was not certain that he had passed

Filed. Von Decken, Brig.-geo. the rivulet. I therefore thought it Right llon. Lord Cathcart,

echallon of battalions from the left; very great, many have fallen, and the whole covered by the 1st batta- there are nearly 60 officers and lion 95th regiment, and by the fire 1,100 men prisoners. In their flight of our artillery

they have thrown away their arms It fell to the lot of the 92l region and clothing, and many stands of ment to lead this attack, and they the former have fallen into our performed their part in the most hands. I believe that we have taken exemlery mana:, and were equalten pieces of cannon; but I have ly well supported by the 52d and not yet received all the reports from 43d.

the detachments employed in the The enemy soon retired to an en. pursuit of the enemy. I have not trenchment which they had formed seen general Linsengen, as he is still in front of a camp on the north side out with his hussars; but I underof Kioge, and they made a disposi.. stand that the enemy had destroyed tion of their cavalry upon the sands the bridges at Little Salbye, which to charge the 92d in Hank, while was the cause of the delay of his they should attack this entrench- operations upon their flank. ment. This disposition obliged me I cannot close this letter without to move colonel Reden's hussars expressing to your lordship my from the right to the left Nank, and sense of the good conduct of the to throw the 430 into a second line; troops; all conducted themselves and then the 93d carried the en. with the utmost steadiness. But I trenchment, and forced the enemy cannot avoid to mention particu, to retreat into the town in disorder. larly the 921 regiment, under the They were followed immediately, in command of lieutenant-colonel Na. the most gallant style, by colonel pier; the 1st battalion 95th regi. Reden and bis hussars, and by the ment, under the command of licu. 1st battalion of the 95th regiment, tenant-colonel Beckwith ; the Bri-. and afterwards by the whole of the tish artillery, under the command infantry of my corps. Upon cros- of captain Newhouse; the Hano. sing the rivulet, we found general verian hussars, under colonel ReLinsengen's corps upon our right den; and the lanoverian light arflank, and the whole joined in the tillery, under captain Sympter; as pursuit of the enemy.

corps that had particular opportu. Major-general Ozhoken, the se- nities of distinguishing themselves. cond in commar:), who had joined I am also much obliged to general the army with four battalions last Linsengen, and to brigadier-general night from the southern island, at. Stewart, for the assistance I recei. tempted to stand in the village of ved from them in the formation and Iersolge; but he attacked execution of the plan by which the briskly by the hussars, with detache enemy have been defeated. The ments of which were captain Bla. oflicers of the staff have also renquire, and captain Cotton of the dered me much assistance; and I staff, and by a small detachment of must particularly mention captain the 1st of the 95th ; and he was Blaquire and captain Campbell. compelled to surrender with count I have the honour to be, &c: Wedel Jarlsburg, several other of- (Signed) ARTHUR WELLES LEY. ficers, and 400 men.

Licut-gen. Lord Cathcart, K. T. &c.

The loss of the enemy has been

was

P. S, We have taken a large store to Kioge at Yderholm, or Litteage of powder and other military stores Gaard, I detached one squadron, ia this town, which I propose to de- one gun, and two companies of the stroy, if I should not be able to pre. 95th riflemen, to the right, to reTail upon the captain of one of his connoitre either passage, under the majesty's ships to take charge of command of major Plossen, of the them.

1st light dragoons. The grounds [Then follows a letter from lord between Eigbye and Dalbye being Cathcar, enclosing major-general greatly covered with wood, interLinsengen's account of the engage. sected by a large morass, and found ment before Kioge, on the 29th impracticable for a column to pass, ult.)

the passage at Yderholm was given

up, and that of Littenge Gaard SIR, Ringstedt, Aug. 31. choseo. The detachment under The right column, cinsisting of major Plessen went along the left six squadrons of the Ist, 2d, and bank of the rivulet by Spanager, to 3d light dragoons, king's German protect the right of the celann, region, five companies of the 95th, which moved on by Eigbye at about half a battery of horse artillery, half past nine o'clock, A. M. The the 430 foot, and the 6th line bat. cavalry being arrived at the banks talion, king's German legion, broke of the rivulet near Littenge Gaard, op from Roskiold by live o'clock the planks over the bridge had been on the 29th instant, reached Arstead taken up, and nothing remained for by eight o'clock, when two squa- the cavalry and part of the horse drons, that had been sent the night artillery, but to ford the rivalet, before from Roskiold to Arstead, which they instantly did, and ad. did join the division. This detach. vanced along the right bank of it, meat, under the command of major halted to await the infantry and the Grote, Ist light dragoons, had been rest of the horse artillery, who by sent to Arstead for the purpose of this time had arrived in close cogetting information with regard to lomn at the bridge. The pioneers the enemy at and in the neighbour. of the 6th battalion of the line rehood of Ringstedt and Kioge. The paired it so far, in twenty-five mi. major took two prisoners in the nutes time, that the infantry were night; the one carrying dispatches enabled to pass by single files (which directed to a Danish general, and retarded much the progress of the detailing all our marches, and ascer. column), while the rest of the horse taining the strength of our corps. artillery passed through the ford. The major likewise took thirty wag. Till now the enemy did not in the gons with provisions. The column least attempt to oppose it. After again, after a short halt, moved to. having passed the bridge, the in. wards Laddger, on the road to Hig- fantry moved on in close columos, bye: having reached the former through Littenge Gaard, on the place, some armed militia and small road to Kioge, between the rivulet detachments were seen towards Eig. and the wood. Here I ordered part bye.

of the 95th to clear the woods to As it was my intention to cross the right of the column ; the de. the rivulet that runs from Gungarg tachment of the 43d to do the same

in front; and forming the 6th bate did not allow the 6th battalion and talion and rest of the 430 in line, 43d to advance in line : they were advanced with them, and the horse obliged to cross them, by firing in artillery in the rear of the cavalry, divisions, before they could reach four squadrons of which had al. the plain before the wood, where ready reached the plain at the end they formed the line again. By of the woods. In the mean while this time the squadron of major | detached two squadrons in the Plessen having crossed the wood in rear, directing them to cross the front of Ashay, and advanced across wood upon the right, and to ad. the plain, overtook about fifty vance upon Swansberg Syllum to waggons, partly laden with baggage, the bridge on the road between ammunition, arms, &c. and being Horttolge and Socder. Major obliged to leave a good number of Plessen, who took the command, men with them and the prisoners, passed the wood, which in the mean they greatly weakened their strength, time had been cleared by the rifle and were necessitated to wait the corps, and some sharp-shooters of arrival of the centre, under colonel the 6th battalion, who met with Alten, whom I, after he passed Cle. little opposition, except some pla- menhap, ordered to advance speeditoon firing, occasioned by several ly opon Helsalze, where part of the divisions of the enemy's infantry re

Danish column of infantry had treating out of the woods, the taken possession of the church-yard, greatest part of whom were either colonel Alten inclined to the right? taken prisoners or cut to pieces. with his squadrons, in order to turn It was at this time that licutenant the village ; and whilst the light arRuedorff, of the 1st light dragoons, tillery opened a fire upon the was dangerously wounded, toge church, and some riflemen of the ther with lieutenant Jance, of the 95th assailed it in flank, he and 3d light dragoons, whilst gallantly lieutenant Schnuring, of the 2d light charging some infantry at the en. dragoons, rapidly advanced with 16 trance of Kioge.

hussars, obliged the Danish general The cavalry of colonel Alten Oxenholm, four officers, and about having passed the opening between 150 privates, to lay down their the woods, I ordered the horse-ar- arms ;

on this occasion a corpo. titlery to play upon a Danish co. ral of the 2d light dragoons was lumn of infantry, retreating from shot, and several horses wounded. Kioge towards the shore, which cap. The village having been taken, the tain Wetzleben executed with as cavalry, joined by the horse-artilmuch precision as effect; but a few Jery, followed up their advantage, shots were fired by the Danish ar- by pursuing the enemy towards tillery, the same being soon silenced Soeder, where many prisoners were by the superior firing of the British. made. The cavalry during this had taken The infantry being unable to eighteen waggons with ammunition, follow the rapid movements of the arms, and accoutrements, and made cavalry, took a position near Swansa few prisoners.

berg ; and perceiving the enemy The country being much inter completely routed, I took the road sected with high banks and ditches, through the wood by Fuagerod, and