The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-07 00:00:00

THE WAR IN DENMARK.

(WWII OVA SPECIAL

SONDERBORG. Y. X

Yesterday morning was the time for burying
those who had fallen during the week, it being
the custom here to have such ceremonies at regular
intervals. Nothing could have been more simple
than the manner in which this sad business was
managed, and yet that same simplicity had in it
something very touching. A procession of soldiers
caroled the coffins, six to each, and a band playing
slow music marched at their head. The army chap-
lain came behind, wearing a ruff of the Scotch
Covenanters' pattern. Mourners there were
none : a few strangers, brought thither
by curiosity, gathered round the long deep
trench, in which one by one the dead were
placed, and a small firing party stood not far away,
to give the final volley. It was intensely cold, with
snow lying deep over the pretty little cemetery,
and covering a mound iu its centre where repose
the victims of 1648. Certainly this war has as yet
been only a repetition of the former struggle be-
tween Dane and German. A larger number than
usual were buried yesterday, in consequence of the
severe skirmish on February 22, and it was nearly
an hour before all had reached their last resting
place. Some words of hope and promise from the
chaplain, with allusion to the sacred cause in which
these poor men had died, were followed by a rattle
of musketry, and the assemblage quietly dispersed.
That afternoon 1 rambled along the seashore
beyond Ahmed, where a bend of the coast east-
ward throws open a beautiful view towards
Gjelting and Nykirke. The land was clearly to be
seen for many miles stretching in a southerly direc-
tion, its dazzling white making the water look pro-
portionately blue. In their accustomed anchorage
lay the Danish ships of war, with steam up, ready
to get under way at a moment's notice. No rise
and fall of tide disturbs the mass of weed that
forms a bulwark against the rippling waves, and
but for au occasional storm there would be danger
of corruption, to au extent which might infect the
whole vicinity. As it is, the shore of Als has no
great attraction until a point much further down,
and my walk would have been wasted upon so
dreary a region had not the distant prospect of
Southern Sleswig been striking enough to make up
for any deficiencies of foreground.
On returning to Sonderborg I examined the old
castle of its bygone dukes. Standing at a point to
command the Sound, this weather-worn structure
must once have been very important. High revels were
held within that ugly pile of brick-work, and if popu-
lar tradition may be trusted, those crumbling walls
have seen strange sights in their time. But now
a number of pale-facel invalids look out of the
upper windows, for a hospital is planted in the
Ducal Palace, whose spacious rooms are well suited
to such purposes. Artillery waggons and heaps of
ordnance stores fill the court yard, and infantry are
quartered in the offices. In truth there is nothing
to show that the building was not originally, and
from the first, a barrack.

My fallow-lodgers of last night, part of the
Eighth Regiment, invited me to accompany
them to Dybbol this morning, and accepting
the offer willingly, I found myself at a very early
hour upon the inevitable bridge with a column of
sturdy Jutlanders, who sang "Den Tappre Land-
soldat "at the top of their voices. We presently
struck off into a bide lane, passed close under
No. 10 battery, and took post on the northern, or
right wing of the Danish line. On Monday they had
been surprised by a Prussian detachment, which
suddenly rushed upon them, and this made the
Danes draw back their pickets considerably. Nc
corresponding advance of the enemy took place,
and we were thus unable to see any sign of German
sentries to-day. Our dinner was served in a cot-
tage, whose owner, having wisely fled, left his
goods to whichever party the fortune of war should
bring that way. Fur substantial comfort no
peasantry need wish to excel that of King
Christian's Sleswig subjects. Large weil-arranged
houses, with plenty of light and air, with hand-
some stoves and prettily laid out gardens, seem
to have been the general rule. It was strangely
suggestive of what misery to individuals the mere
presence of hostile armies must produce, to see how
rapidly everything had been destroyed in the cottage
where we dined. Soldiers came in and out at plea-
sure. Doors were broken through, furniture reck-
lessly smashed, and even the floors received their
share of damage.
Never did a meal go on more merrily than ours
in the deserted Louse whose ruin is recorded above.
The fare was rough, it is true, but no one thought
of that. A score of tall warriors waited neatly at
table, whilst two or three of superior talent did the
cooking. They tumbled over each other, just because
there were so many. They tried to draw corks, and
only cracked the bottles by using too much force.
But the repast was a great success, for my enter-
tainers were men who would have made anything
succeed, and I walked home with a still better
opinion of that chief of all good fellows, the
Danish military officer.
Nothing has happened to change the position in
Sonderborg. No sign of Austrian or Prussian
heavy guns has appeared up to this evening,
and the troops of General Ltittichau are making
their works at Dybbol stronger with every day that

9 p.m.—An iron-clad gunboat, the Rolf Krake,
was ordered to steam up Venimingsund to-day,
with the idea that she could flank the
enemy in his expected forward movement. Thick
weather prevented the veesel from carrying out its
instructions, but it is doubtful whether any advance
of the German forces can possibly occur until tine
weather has hardened the roads from Fleusburg.
With a frost such as we had two days since they
might perhaps come ; while this thaw lasts I am
convinced that they cannot. Moreover, something
has reached me from a trustworthy source tending
to show that a delay of the allied army is almost
certain, so you will probably next bear from Copen-
hagen, whither it seems expedient to go for a time.

CITY Or Los r•o:4 HOSPITAL FUR DISZAARe or
TRI CROW, VICTORIA PAec--Thl uomber of patients fo-
llowed at Vas laelitutioa daring last week was 1.7.12, of
which 213 were aim ease.

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