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report, conferred on the Preeresteen, and her gallant
Captain, Lassen," notwithstanding my high sense of
Danish bravery, it was heightened by the conduit of
the Proenestren, which continued to fight till all her
guns were dismourved," however flattering, seas, in
my opinion, exceeded by the cotnpliment of Lord
Nelson.

Captain Rusbrigh stood, on this occasion, as un-
daunted upon the quarter-deck of the rxrien, as
when a Lieutenant on board the Formidable, under the
gallant Rodney, on the 12th of April, 1732. For
ugland, he assisted to acquire glory and success ;
for Denmark, he only obtained the former.
Soon after eleven o'clock, the Daebrog. Captain
Braun, took fire, which compelled Commodore
Fischer to shift his broad pend sot to the Holstein;
but Braun continued to fight her till he lost his right
hand. Captain Lemming succeeded in the com-
mand; and altho' the flames around them threat-
ened immediate destruction, the Denbeor maintained
her fire till the close of the engagement, against her
powerful adversary the Walton, which latter MOLlt-
ed 68-pound canonades on her lower deck.
When Commodore Fischtr, famed for the coolness
and perspicuity of his judgment, in the hour of
trial, left the Dandros, the battle raged with the ut-
most fury ; the British finding that our foremost
shin were far from slackening fire, now extended
their line ; and at noon all our ships, as well as
the battery, were strenuously engaged in the awful
contest.

Captain Thura, of the Lafuedsretien, fell at the
beginning of the action, and all the Subaltern
officers, excepting one Lieutenant, and one Marine
officer, were either killed or wounded. In this
state of confusion, the colours were by accident
struck ; the British, however, made no attempt to
board the In4Therisretesn, she being rather danger.
ously moored athwart our battery. A boat was
dispatched from the ship with the tidings of her
Commander's death to the Prince Royal, who,
from the dawn of day, had taken hissetation upon
a battery. Here, amid showers of shells and can-
non balls, Frederick, the wise, the good, and the
brave, superintended, calmly and actively, fur
the assistance of the ships engaged. liy shewing
how a Prince ought to meet danger, he taught
ethers to despise it.
When the Prince received this message from the
Indfiediraten, he turned round, and with an air that
gave confidence to all about him, said, " Gen-
tlemen, Thum is killed ; which or you will take the
command ?" " I will," replied M. Schroederwt,
in a feeble voice, and hastened eagerly on board.—
This gentleman had been a Captain in the Navy,
but on account of extreme ill health had latterly re-
signed. The hour of necessity seemed to invigorate
his wasted form, and in hopes to serve his country,
he forgot himself.
The crew, perceiving a new commander coming
alongside, homed their colours, and fired a broad-
side. When he came on deck, he found great QUM.
bers killed and wounded ; and, thesefore, instantly
called to those in the boat to get quickly on board.
It was his last eirprt...-a ball struck him—and Schoe-
dersee was no sow. M. Niscen, a Lieutenant in
the Navy, who attended this gallant tar to his noble
fate, next took the command; and continued to
fight the ship for the remainder of the day.
The engagement bad now lasted upwards of
three hours, without any glimpse of vi Tory on
either side. A de:ermined perseverance appeared
to guide both parties. Our line stedfastly preserved
its original position, and every ship maintained its
station, except the Readslog prelim, which (hove
ashore, her cables having been shot away at the
commencement of the attack ; and the Moen, a re-
peating sloop of war, which had sheered off a little
alter 12, her masts being very materially damaged.
When the British fleet fist bore down upon us,
the 11 gun-boats retired.
About two o'clock, the fire from the respeaive
fleets abated considerably; and our ships appeared
very much disabled. the damage sustained by
the British was apparently trivial, from our ships
having constantly directed their fire at the enemy's
hulls. This was undoubtedly the slowest method
of disabling an adversary, yet it was the surest ;
and cet twiny is at all events preferable to chance.

Considering the exposed situation of our men on
board, it was 4 matter of real surprise, that so few
comparatively suffered from the immense quantity
of shot which had been poured in upon them.
Had every ball tact struck our masts, wounded
our hulls, there would, to all probability, have been
no prisoners of war.
At two o'clock, the PLybor: praam, having her
main-mast, mizen-mast, bowsprit, and foretop-mist,
shot away, and the Captain perceiving her almost
ready to sink, ordered the cables to be cut, and the
foresail to be set, that they might steer for the Inner-
Roads. As he passed the line, be found the
.discrsbwar. a vessel of the same descriptwo, its a
must miserable plight; her masts having all gone
by the board, and her hull on the eve of sinking.—
Capt. Ratite chewed himself a true seaman, who
not only meets his own dangers, but also cheer.
fully shares in those of others. Having made last
a cable from his stern to the stern of the .rfgeerrkeakt
he towed her off, arid thus Amassed as gloriosa a
triumph as if he had come in with an enemy's ship.
Soon after two, Commodore Fischer removed his
broad peed •at from the Holdtia to the battery
of the Three Crowns, where he commanded during
the latter part of the engagement. At this me-
went, Lieutenant Lillienskield, inding his ship, the
Hielptren, surrounded by a very superior forte, eot
his cables, and brought her safe into the Inner
Roads. Mr. Lillien.loold was no stranger to the,
business of the day ; he bad, in 1799, rodght in the
West Indies, with a privateer, and both contended
so obstinately, that they were obliged to separate
for want of powder.
Last, though not least, is Mr. Valenta*, a 30.
cond Lieut:nant, who commanded the downing
battery. No. I. Much hes been said about his skill
in macceurring his raft, which consisted merely elf a
number of b-assis, nailed together, with a &awing
made to support the guns. It was square, with a
brews =work lull of pert-holes, and without maws.
I shall not take upon myself so argue hew far it
mete possible to manage tech a log, but merely say,
the manner in which Vilkmoes maomuvred his
gusts, and ultimately saved his raft, attratiked the
notice of Lord Nelsons wb 40. ship
Jla • for some la
lime, opposite the 4,attery. Admiral
is acid ,us dm hmi'' iatersee. . Nudged
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