The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-01 00:00:00

DANISH GUN-BOATS B►T FEHMERN,

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HAMBUItit, FED. 29.
Danish troops have been brought by e Danish
steamer from Seeland to Fehmcrn,
A Danish gun-boat is stationed in Fehm,:rn
Sound, which enables the Danes to take up
similar flank position towards Holstein as they
occupy upon Alien towards Schleswig.

Further accounts from Alsen confirm the an-
nouncement already made that in all probability
the siege will yet occupy some time. The trenches
aro scarcely opened, and they must be carried on
under the fire of the Danish guns from batteries
constructed on not inconsiderable heights. The
Duppel fortifications offer peculiar difficulties,
which will account for the absence of intelligence
of moment. Prince Charles has proceeded to the
front, which is thought to indicate that there is no
intention to check the progress of the siege works.
The operations in Sundowitt will probably require
weeks for their completion. The weather during
the end of the last week was very wet, and fogs
prevailed, so that great hindrance was caused to the
progress of the siege works. Frequently it was
not possible to see from one end of the pontoon
bridge at Eckensund to the other, and, of course,
there was corresponding difficulty in observing the
movements on each side. It has been stated that
the Danes consider Alsen and Friedericia as the
same military position, and that the last recon-
naissances were partly occasioned by intelligence
having been repeatedly received by the Prussians
that men and guns were continually being
sent to Friedericia from Sonderburg and
Duppel. Some persons thought that this measure
indicated that the Danes would quietly evacuate
I)uppel and Alsen; but the events of the 22d ult.
clearly proved that the Danes had no such inten- '
tion. Even the Germans are forced to admit that
their gallant opponents yielded not one inch of
ground without a stubborn resistance. 1
On the next day, the 23d, the position of the
troops was as follows :—The Westphalian Wintzin-
gerode Division were on the north side, with their
headquarters at \Varnitz, and extending from
Sandberg to the Alsen Sound (which is at this place
1,000 paces broad), and as far as the northern part
of the Duppol Heights. Somewhat towards the
south some portion of this division occupied the
Itavenskoppel, and on the south-west of this place
Mend the 1) Ines in Rackebull, whilst the Stenderup
Wood, south-west of Itackebull, near lieffelkoppel,
marks the extreme position of the Brandenburg
Manstein Division, and by these dispositions
I)uppel is partly encircled as far as Wenningbund.
On the 13rosker Peninsula, baween Wenningbund
and Nubel-Noer, stand six battalions of troops, to-
gether with a powerful park of artillery, wlll pos-
sess the power of retiring across the pontoon bridge
at Eckensund, and by whom the main attack on the
knotty'point of the Duppel position, the Windmill-
hill is to be made. At the affair on the '23d inst.,
when a Danish corvette attacked a battery of nil:-
pounders of the Artillery of the Guard, at Sten
dot up, many PrussiAti soldiers were wounded, whilst
the Mulish vessel suffered no injury. The Stenderup
wood, at the east end of which this battery was
erected, is opposite the Island of Fano.

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