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

DANISH GUN-BOATS AT FEHMERN,

HAMBURG, Fun. 2t).
Danish troops hay° been brought by a Danish
steamer from Seeland to Fehmern.

A Danish gun-boat is stationed in Fehmern
Sound, which enables the DAnes to take up a
similar flank position towards holstein as they
occupy upon Alsen 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
are scarcely opened, and they must be carried on
under the fire of the Danish guns from batteries
constructed on not inconsiderable heights. The
I)uppel 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 Sundewitt will probably require
weeks for their completion. The weather during
the end of the last week was very wet, and fogs
prevailed, so that groat 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 Friodericia as the
same military position, and that the last recon-
naissances were partly occasioned by intelligence
having been repeatedly received by the Prussians
that mon 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
Duppel and Alsen ; but the events of the 22d ult.
clearly proved that the Danes had no such inten-
tion. Even the Germans aro forced to admit that
their gallant opponents yielded not ono inch of
ground without a stubborn resistance.
On the next day, the 23d, the position of the
troops was as follows :—The Westphalian IVintzin-
gerode Division were on the north side, with their
headquarters at Warnitz, and extending from
Sandberg to the Alsen Sound (which is at this place
1,000 paces broad), and as fai as the northern part
of the Duppel Heights. Somewhat towards the
so'ith some portion of this division occupied the
Itavenskoppel, and on the south-west of this place
stand the Danes in Rackebull, whilst the Stenderup
Wood, south-west of ltackebull, near 13uffelkoppet,
marks the extreme position of the Brandenburg
Macstein Division, and by those disposition,
I)uppel is partly encircled as far as Wenningbund.
On the Broaker Peninsula, between IVenningbund
and Nubel-hoer, stand six battalions of troops, to-
gether with a powerful park of artillery, who 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 bo made. At the affair on the 23d inst.,
when a Danish corvette attacked a battery of six-
pounders of the Artillery of the Guard, at Sten•
derup, many Prussian soldiers were wounded, whilst
the Danish vessel Buffered no injury. The Stonderup
wood, at. the east end of which this battery wet;
erected,
Is opposite the Island of Fano.

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