The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-02 00:00:00

THE ATTACH ON DYBBOL.

The second edition of the Times contains the
account, from their special correspondent, of the
above attack. "We are fully repaid," says this
writer, "for the many weeks of weary inaction
and baffled expectation. The Prussians have
attempted a storming movement on the wliole
Dybbol line, and have been fully repulsed ; so
completely foiled and worsted indeed, that it is
questionable whether they will renew their attack
for some time to come. Three such days as this
would go far to establish the impregnable stru,h
of the Dybbol line, and compel the Germans to
give up the siege as the very worst of jobs."
' Among those who took a most active awl heroic
I part in thedefence were three Englishmen, the Hon.
Oberon Herbert, brother of the Earl of Cameron,
his travelling friend, Mr. E. W. Hall, and Captain
Alfred Bond. The Prussian infantry appear to
have hung back, and refused to obey their officers
when ordered to charge the Danish cannon.
The Danish killed are officially set down at 14.
The number was probably understated, and Ils ay
have risen to 24 or 34. Among the dead are three
officers. The wounded were 110 to 120 ; atnong
them six officers. The Prussian prisoners were 25 ;
four officers among them—one captain awl three
lieutenants ; the latter wounded. Five Pru,ian
dead were also brought in. The Prussian soldier
evinced a great deal of unseemly mirth, awl wade
fun of the disgrace and humiliation that have
fallen upon them. They are mostly Pu,nanian
Poles.

The Elleswig troops (10th Regiment) iu the
Danish service behaved with distinguished bravery.
In some momentous juncture they asked that the
post of honour should be confided to them, and
nobly they redeemed the pledge they had sponta-
neously given of their fidelity.

The Prussians asked for and obtained a two
hours' armiatia., to have leisure to attend to their
dead and wounded.

Only four of the Danish regiments were engaged ;
the reserve remaining ranee an bras in the second
line.

"The Prussians," writes the correspondent,
" will try to make out this affair to have been a
mere reconnoissance. But such movements do not
generally take place in the middle of the night.
My own impression is that they tried what .urprise
would do for them. Being repulsed, they returned
to the charge again and again, and only gave up
the attempt when it was proved to be an utter
failure."

(mom oca ous comeroximer.)
. HAMBURG. MARCH SO.

There are bad accounts filliiisilrussiii;a7ms
from the seat of war to-day, owing to a cleverly
executed manteuvre on the part of the Danes in the
shape of a masked nocturnal sortie, from which
they retreated after some skirmishing, and inveigled
the Prussians into the trap set for teem, who were
then vigorously attacked by a large body lying in
ambush, thrown into great disorder by the sur-
prise, and obliged to retire with a very serious loss.
The brigade in this action was that of Major-
General von Raven, consisting of the King's Own
Regiment, the 18th and the 35th of the Line. Colonel
Greifenberg, of the first-named regiment, was killed,
together with about a hundred of his men ; the 18th
had more than 300 wounded, and there are still
a large number missing, supposed to be killed and
made prisoners. The 35th was stationed as a
reserve, and as it only came under tire to cover
the retreat its loss was not heavy. The division
of the Prussian Guards has been sent for, and is
expected to arrive before Thippel to-day.
A few days ago the body of a Danish lieutenant
killed iu one of the late encounters was sent with a
flag of truce to the outposts and delivered up to
the Danes. With chivalrous gratitude for this act
of kindness a Danish officer appeared at the out-
posts yesterday under a flag of truce and set at
liberty a Prussian lieutenant, an Austrian non-
commissioned officer of the Imperial Rifles, and a
sergeant of the Prussian Hussars, all lately cap-
tured by the Danes, and now returned uncon-
ditionally in acknowledgment of the above act of
courtesy on the part of the Prussians.
From the army before Fredericia we learn that
the Austrians and Prussians have constructed to
the left of bnoghoi four batteries of rifled guns and
two of howitzers, from which they bombarded the
fortress for five days ; in consequence of this, the
so-called Frederick's quarter and the old town
have suffered severely, but without much loss of
life, as the inhabitants for the most part had pre-
viously abandoned their houses and taken shelter
on the island of Fubnen opposite. One of the
batteries (No. 2) had constantly directed its fire to
the principal powder magazine of the fortress, but
it was so carefully protected that all their efforts
to blow it up were in vain. The allies continue
the siege with vigour, and will shortly proceed to
attack the entrenched camp, mentioned in one of
my previous letters, erected by the Danes close to
the sea, so as to be able to keep open their com-
munication with Fuhnen, where they have large
magazines of ammunition, provisions, and other
supplies for the garrisoe.
His Royal Ejighneas Prince William of Wittiest-
berg, late Colonel of the Austrian regiment "King
of Belgium," and now promoted to the rank of
Major• General, who was desperately wounded at
the head of his regiment at the battle of Oversee,
in the beginning of last month, is so far recovered
as to be able to be moved, and arrived in this city
last evening, taking up his quarters at the Hotel
de l'Europe, where he will remain for the present
till his wonzda are healed and he is enabled to
rejoin the army in the field.