The Express.
London, England, 1850-09-18 00:00:00

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

ORDER OF THE DAY (No. 217).
Head quarten, Schulendam,
Sept. 13, 1850.
I thank the army for its bravery and fortitude,
proved so well dating the last forty.eight hours. All the
troops which have taken part in the fight have done their
duty. The army is as warlike as ever. We have not passed
through the last two days without grievous lose; the Ist
battalion has suffered most in its glorious acts& the tete-dts•
pout at Misatand,. We have attained our oeject. By a
venturesome movement we offered him battle in the open
field, away from his entrenchments ; and, under circumstances

moat fiv3urable to him, troredrivto Lim from all bt.

trenehmente in the east: at Eckernforde, Helm, Koehendo

and nutamelefelit. We have ehown him that he is not
lord in Schleswig, as he vainly pretends. I am about to
invite% the lie's of the battalions, in order to reward bravery
with promoting. _ .

Vox WlLLteur, C0mme.......
RENDSBURG, SEPT. 14.
The corps which on the previous day had operated against
Missunde was early on the alert yesterday morning, in the
expectation at least of a return visit ; but the Danish g I
did not choose to observe the rules of etiquette, and remained
perfectly quiet behind his walla. Small Danish patrols made
their appai.rance beyond Ilissunde, between Creel and
Osterbye, bat they retreated at once into iliastuide on being
approached. The intention of General Willisen appears to
have been a double one. First of all, to reconnoitre the
exact strength of tee passage WON the &Mei, and, if pos-
sib's, to carry it by storm, or at any rate to feign an attac:i
open it, in order to induce his enemy to leave the protection
of the Danaewick, and advance upon 11,,odsburg. Bad Ge-
neral Krogh measured bis movements according to the inten-
tions of General William, an engagement would have taken
place of a more serious nature, for the main body of the
Schleswig-Holstein army, under the temporary command of
General Von der Mont, bad been advanced towards Breek-
endorf, and wee there ready to meet the Danes. Whether
the intentions of General Willieen ware perceived or not it is
impossible to say ; but in either case General Krogk refused
to show. General William's head-quarters remained at
Esmendorf until noon, and the corps at Osterbye
together with that at Breckendort remained in their respec-
tive positions for some hours yesterday morning, awaiting
the Dane; and not until it had become perfectly deer that
nothing was to be expected, were the orders for a retire to
the former quarters given by the commander-in-chief. Them
orders were carried into execution with great unwillingness
i by the troops, who aurched but slowly, end did not reach
' their camps and bivouac on the two lakes (Witten and
Bile's) until towards the afternoon. This unwillingness to
wi hdraw from the neighbourhood of the Daces was alone
equalled by the ardour with which the men advanced open
Kochendorf and ?dissuade on the previous day. They
fought most bravely, and under very disadvantageous cir-
cumstances, owing to the level ground across which they had
to advance in order to come within range of the enemy's
infantry on the other side of the &Wei. Some of the
enemy's unacieballs, fired at advancing columns, did
dreadful execution, until the Schleswig •lielstein artillery
came up and drew the attention of the Danish artillerymen
away from the infantry. The Danes, too, had the great advan-
tage of knowing the exact distance and direction in which the
artillery was placed. They tired with great precision and unity;
mach slower, too, than this side, and therefore more effec-
tually, though at first they fired from too high an elevation,
and most of their shells exploded in consequeros behind the
objects at which they were fired. Both sides stood to their guns
manfully; but it must not be forgotten that the Danish ar-
tillery was much superior in numbers. General Willisen
wee heard to express the greatest satisfaction with the man-
ner in which hie men had conducted themselves. The exact
number of killed, wounded, and missing is not yet known ;
but it will nash a higher figure than was at first imagined.
The Danes have takes a great many more prisoners than
was supposed, owls( to the unexpected rapidity with which
they debauched from the hollow grounds this side of the
bridge, and the obstinate refusal of many belonging to the
first battalion to retire when the orders were given for the
purpose. About 120 wounded privates and non-commie-
stoned officers, together with seven officers, have bun
brought in; about 120 or 130 more are among the killed
and missing. Thirty-four or five wounded, and forty un-
wounded Danes have been taken prisoners ; one *Meer also
is among them. They nearly all belong to the infantry.
It is perfectly true that the Dense bombarded Bekern-
, fordo. Five house are now said to have been set on fire
by Danish bombs. The great wood depot, the flames from
which caused it to be supposed that all Eckernforde was on
fire, was situated "close to the inner harbour, near one of
the whines of whisk Les the Gaon. The Danes seem to
bnee been duirese of destroying their former frigate. in
seise to deprive the Gammas of this much valued trophy of
fler war in 1E49 ; a few bombs by accident (I) struck the
mug, withmt however doing any other damage than killing
Wm of the mikes who belong to the German fleet. The
Pm. garrison of 100 men who were placed
en tined of her when the peace of the 2nd of July
mnitretl, left the vessel early in the afternoon, and en-
era ds the nerkeoplen. Owing to the east wind which
bed henn liewfte Mina days, the water in the harbour was
Messed het 11gber Om meal, and the erew of the Gefion,
width mealy lies agewned, were enabled to warp her beyond
dune* of the flame from the wood-yard, and without
the MM. of the gnu of the Danish frigate.
Iverytking is perfectly quiet today.
• few days before the affair at Missend* there occurred
the following laughable Wearies of the fortunes of war: •
mull detachment of the fled battalloe of ohamours wee net
patrolling in the neighbourhood of a village galled Hunsmsl-
- about eight or ten miles south of Minninde. The
laser in command of the party having been informed by a
peasant that there were about en equal number of Danes in
the village, marched Ids men up to the entrance by bye-
paths and behind hedges. end thee suddenly rallied into the
place with his whale party, kerraltieg at the top of their
voices. The Danes, taken by surprise, fled like so many
seep, leaving word of their companions prisoners
to the lieutenant sod his men. In examining the
hetree. ft was diamond that the Danes had been ear.
path le the act of slitting down to a good dinner, levied
itriitftelarden and farm-yards of the inhabitant'. The
"ffirtritene not wasted; the tables were speedily occupied,
lei Ibessoi hes no served up to the patrol, with the good
etheenthied enntrynce, by the poor villagers. The
11111Mefatfaldd the party had the unutterable gads
*Adis Ihr water part of a rout turkey pro-
W_d heats opponent, and declared afterwards
trajr. asset =de Osman meal in all hie' life. Turkeys
len neon meddle la amp here; the OMENS fan provided
WO. enterthedth le pethib heed la Mae dike, and
Whet athothth wealth le theme elm