The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-14 00:00:00

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The Beriingske Mende of to-Aar pithtithes a'
semi-officiAl . article stating, that' the bombardment
of Bonderberg took place without warning, and'
without a aimultaaeozut assault upon the Duppel
position.,
The arsenal and depot of arms had been 'ream ced
from Bonderborg long before the bonibeidreent
took place.
COPENHAGEN, APRIL 13, 0 P.N.
The follo7ingofilicial despatch has been received
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The eneniyis fire wss u vigorous during the
night as it was yesterciii: The enemy's batteries
iiipbuge at the rate al ' 500 shuts per beer, Re&

IrsWr; is again la Amiss. The pa;allel on the left
wilt( of the Duppel position has been idvilaeed
MOW to our works. Our loss is comparatively
small.

THE WAR IN DENMARK.

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VLKEBOL, JiMIL T.

IN AMOS.

By burning his apartments in Sonderborg,- the
Prussians have driven General Gerlach into a very
pleasant country parsonage, where be lives with one
of the bed old clergymen that ever wore cassock and
ruff. This kind friend it Was who procured for
myself and some other houseless strangers a small
but clean lodging near the general's quarters.
Every possible shelter for miles around is taken up
by wretched fugitives from the ruined town, so
that we are fortunate to obtain even the poorest
resting place. Our cottage, like all Danish dwellings,
has at any rate one surpassing merit, it is beyond a
suspicion of dirt or discomfort, other than such very
narrow space must necessarily entail. Since, more-
over, there is mow an expectation of German at-
tempts to cross dialled, we are well situated for
seeing every movement in that direction, namely,
upon the Danish right. A visit last night to the
high street of Siioderborg gave me a strong impres-
sion of the terribly imposing effect which such
scenes may sometimes present. All hurry and con-
fusion were over long ago. The few wandering
inhabitants who appeared in sight had saved their
valuables, or hopelessly lost them, and only 'ought
to carry away heavy goods which by chance re-
mained uninjured. On both sides were heaps of
dreary ruin, a tall chimney standing here and there
among crumbled walls and smoking embers. Thou
beildings which still retained distinguishable
shape bore fearful traces of Prussian shelling.
Broken window-frames, doors smashed in, and
roofs knocked off were the rule ; whilst few indeed
had escaped some skives damage. When seen by
lday there is nothing but gloomy devastation where
lona was the amino of a thriving town. As I saw
it yesterday evening, the deserted street glowed
with a lurid light from several burning shops just
below my snug room et the baker's. That room
I had utterly gone, not three feet of its wall remain-
ing, ant the hotel next door was equally de-
stroyed. Red flames burst up through the rafters
of these biasing houses, until every ear-
rounding part was brilliantly illuminated, the
weapons of sentries gleamed fitfully as they kept
their dangerousdangerous watch, and firemen stood oat as,
shadowy giants against a wildly flaring background.
This spectacle would have been simply very grand
to a traveller recently arrived. But when I re-
membered what agony and despair the now empty
street had witnessed two days before, a host of
dismal phantoms seemed again to wench and scream
as each hissing shell flew over them. The mangled
forms were once more carried past on stretcher's
and a vivid recollection of Saturday's bombardment
deepened immeasurably the effect of last night's
conflagration. Happily, it mattered not how
many shot !eight come from Broagerland
to complete the barbarous work. Au alarm
of approaching "grenades," as they here call
them, cawed the few stray passengers to dis-
perse with practised alacrity, and if the terrible
projectile mums it exploded among unpeopled
We looked in at our Reimutz Hotel friends, who
are still selling off their beer in a downstairsroom,
having abandoned the rest of a good business from
feu that they may yet be burned out. Although
chance shells have fallen beyond it, this particular
house is very little touched, being apparently too
far up the town for much risk from Broager batte-
ries. If only the Reimutz landlord bad possessed
courage like mine host of Predericia, and kept
his tavern open to receive pessing tourists,
be might soon have become wealthy. But
I hear that danger is expected from Prus-
sian guns is front of work No. 10; which,
firing across Al sued, are nearer than Ittnateniend.
So perhaps the moment for Reimutz success is
irretrievably gone, as no man who has seen the
Sonderborg of April, 1804, will go within range of
modern rifled cannon, unless called thither
by. positive duty. Leaving the dismantled hotel
behind us, we walked home to Ulkebol through a
calm beautiful night, thousands of stars above,
contrasting strangely with the fierce glow that rose
from the burning town.
My opinion concerning Danish spirit, in regard
to this unequal straggle, is strengthened by each
succeeding day. With grave and almost saddeter-
mination, these fine manly fellows are ready to
meet their numerous enemies. They still sing
gaily whilst repairing the redoubt., and always
maintain a cheerful soldierly manner. But as time
flies on without one offer of assistance from other
free nation; even Danes begin to lose hope. "We
cannot single-banded defeat our swarming invaders,
and mutt dk like brave man," is the general tone
of all save hot-headed subalterns. Yet so long as
the realised file are auzious for a brush with any
amount ce Prussian., there is every prospect that
a premature assault will be bloodily repulsed.
• ULRIBOL, Ann 11.

We had yesterday a very pleasant evening with
the worthy pastor, and were introdnoed to General
Gerlach. The Danish commander is just like some
jolly old British admiral, with a figure of middle
else, carefully cut' thiskers, and the merriest
possible smile. Fur one who counts fifty years'
serrice, appearance is remarkably strong, Ati
nrnzy behind aatreationesits requires tinks Wit
stamp it men to bad il.• lio Sunestder " intim

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