Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-22
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DENMAnn ArSD THE DTTCHTES


DENMAhh ArID THE DTTCUTFC
The troops of Schleswig- HoIstein and
those OF Denmark have come to blows. at.
tended with some bloodshed. On the 2lst
inst outpost of the former having fallen in
the with the advanced guard of the latter
an engagement Of brief duration followed
which ended in about 90 being killed or
wounded. On the Oath most seriou,
affair occurred at Colerup, whech lasted
eight hours, when the insurgents lost $50
men, few onl y of whom were slain. but
they made seven Danish prisoners, and
Swedish spy. The loss of the Danes is not
stated On the 25th, an unceasing cannon.
ade was heard in the direction of Eckern-
forde. Another combat took place at sea,
but was unattended with loss of life or even
any personal injury. 1t appears that on the
evening of The 2lst the Danish war steamer,
the Holger Danske, entered outer harbor,
in the vicinity Of Bulcke. AT eleven o'clock
the steamer BONN, with one gun-boat, with
out waiting for the other vessels, proceeded
to attack her. They came up with her out
side the fort, Fredericksort, when bath-
ensued, which lasted for moro tnan an hour.
The Holger Dansko fred broadsldes, but
none of her guns told, whilst the single
shots from the Bonin and gun-boat pierced
her hull. The steamer Lion and other gun.
boats having come up to support the BONN,
the Danes took 10 sea, and sought protec-
ton under the guns of the Danish man-of-
war, the Skiold.
Subsequent accounts say that the Danes
gained decided victory on the 25th. Alter
eight hours hard fighting they brought up
fresh forces and artillery. A tremendous
conflict of two hours duration against the
Holstein centre, followed by successful at
tack, forced the latter to retire in good or
der. The Danish headquarters are in Sch
leswig. The Holstemers have evacuated
Eckernforde and disarmed the batteries
Their army, 26,O0O strong, was moving be-
tween the Witten Sea and the Eyder. 49,
QUO to 81, 900 Danes were engaged. One
battalion has only two officers and 400 men
left The fighting was most fierce, and the
loss on both sides was very great.
The following additional details of the
action against the left wing of the Holstein
army, under Colonel Won Tam, with sew
era squaddfons Of horse, supported by three
5att%a,lons of infantry. On being repused'
thew were reinforced by French troops,
which led Colonel Won Tam to imagine
that the object of the Danish General was
to turn his left flank, and he therefore
brought I'm sevnr"' ,attalions oil the reserve
to support his position. He found. when
/ to late 10 recover his error, that General
+ Won Krogh had concentrated his masses
d upon Engbruck, at about 8 o'clock in the
D morning, and making feigned attack up-
on the right wing of the Holstein army, un.
7 der General Won Horst, succeeded in a
! simultaneous advance upon the sentre. un-
der General Wilson, at Instdt ir =
, mastery manner, causir- o.
sternaton on ~ ,A . - '''e n'V'
Wv" ne right and left of the posi
III, - ne hoIsieln army retired in the hos
possible order, covered by the left Mn ''
m ~ SUI numbers nearly $4,000 men, and We,
moving on the schesledt between the VIZ
len len Sea and the Eyder. NOTHING " w".
SHOWN as to the safety of Won Tann's cor ~s'
%;uI'ountlng to 5000 men. The loss ON ha,b ri,
sues was immense, but the Danes snfyS. o'.,
Sonsluerably more than the Scbleswig-HoSI1
s.elneIs' The latter's bandissin is me,, "S'
t wounded IN the shoulder, and lar@s s, 0%sc
; "v' O. 1ncers fell The Danes marohsd
''''o 0cnieswig between 8 and 10 o,clooI
on r elle 2lst' They have taken nosse esOoa'
Saa tn'Rerntord' the forti6cation (Which bsS
, Ieen previously destroyed. 1t is Tenor, 'aS
''"'' the Herman sailors had abandoned j' the