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ceased altogether in many parts of their shore
defences and most Of their ships struck to the
English although the Crown Batteries, and
few men-o'- war ahead Of Nelson's position,
still fought with desperation, and fired on the
English boats sent off to secure the prizes.
Some of the surrendered ships we're in fact,
placed between two fires-tha; Of friends and
foes, and the unfortunate crews suffered prc1
porionatelv. Nelson was both angry and
grieved at this and he Immediately went into
the stern.oalery, and addressed world-rea
nnwned nnte to the Crown Prince, couched in
these words -
"Vice Admiral Lord Nelson has beer. COM
minded to spare Denmark when she no longer
ressts. The line Of defence which covered
her shores has struck to the British flag but if.
the firing is continued on the part Of Denmark,
he must set on fire all the prizes that he has
tikcn without having the power Of saYng the
men who have unbly defended then- The
brave Danes are the brothers. ard should never
be the enemies OF the English"
lie sealed this in an unusu"ily fornri man
ncr, saying that ut was no time to appear hur-
RED" Captain Sir Frederick Theslger carried
tins letter ashore. with flag Of truce and de-
livered it to the Crowq-Prince, at the Sally
Port. The latter seEt to know the precise
meaning of nelson, and he replied thus -
"Lord Nelson's object in 'nding the flag of
tsuca was numari'y; lie therefore consents
that hostllIties shall cease. and that the woun-
dcd Danes may be taken on shore. And Lord
Nelson will take his prisoners ot the yes.
sells, and burn or carry eff the pg,zes. US he
shall think fit. Lord Nelson, with humble du-
" to his Royal Highness the Prlncc, will con-
s,der this the greatest victory he has eyer gain
ed, if 1t may be the cause ota happy union be.
tween his own most gracious sovereign and hls
najesty the king Of Denmark
The immediate result was total cessation
! of hcstililes, and a most complete victory to
the English. When the contest was over, tho
wounded were gradually collected and rcmov-
ed to the hospitals and private houses of the
cty-to the latter when their personal friends
claimed them Many Of the Danish soldiers
and sailors engaged were natives of Copenha-
gen. or had relatives and dear friends therein,
and the scenes that ensued during the after
,on, evening, and night, were heart .cnding If,
the extreme Parents, wives, brothers, sisters,
and sw eethearts tranticly ran from place to
place. alike hoping and dreading to learn GER
tain udnrs OF the fate of those dear to them
All Copenhagen was a city Of wo and walhng
Everybody had sustained loss, Mothers and
fathers wept for their brave sons killed, woun-
ded, or prisoners; sisters for their brothers
girls for their lovers; the patriot Tor the poor
conquered country and his slaughtered country
men. Tremendous, IN our estimation. was the
moral responsibility Of the English ministry for
Getting slip the dogs Of war Tor slight cause
nav strictly speaking, for no valid cause
whatever Our firm conviction is, that had
England left Denmark 10 her own honorable
Instincts the latter nation would never have
given real occasion for an appeal to arms;
Even vet more cruel and criminal was the
bombarLnent of the city Of Copenhagen itself,
only six years subsequent to Nelson's rnd-
for it was nothing better. But they managed
matters fly years ago in different manner
from what the enlightened spirit of the age
would now tolerate No British mElstry of
the present day would dare or wish to act as
did the ruling aachems N the early part Of this
century.
Anton I.undt--as true hero as Nelson
himself. although incomparubly humber JnG
was, as already related, conveyed to tie rear,
of the battery, and his wounds were attended
to as well as circumstances would admit. Las
ter in the evening, his father, an old invalid
man-o'.war's man, found hun and had b,m re +.
moved to his own humble home The poor fel 3.
low had never recovered consciousness, and for
many long hours he lay moanlnT,and occasional7
Is struggling convuslvelv, under his natal root,
and in the same little room where he was bora
HIS arcd parents and iew trcpdS weDs
around hlm but there was one other watcher
bv his side, whose grief. although slleat, sur
y issed theirs 1t was his betrothed Pige,
sweetheart Roslne Bnrentzen-She whose in-
age had excited his herolsm, she whose name
was coupled with Deamlrk as his b2itle-cry-
She shed not tcar-hrr anguish was too deep
for that-but sat by his lowy pallet, support
ING his head on her bosom. ami Tlplng away
the light foam from his bubbhGg lips. Ever
and anon the dying sIllor-tcr, alas dying he
was-wou,d utter sen-phrases, or affecting
words of friendship or of love, yet not even
the voice of Roslne- continually mGrnurlng IN
his ear, could recall hun to senslbllnY
rhe mdngh hour apEoacbeI; medical
mn h I'd lust been in, and departed with the
; brief but decided assurance that his patient
could not possibly survive many minutes. \
worthy clergyman was kneehng with the tinl.
. " around the couch, praying to GNd TO receive
the parting spirit In the midst @. their sup,
plications, the countenance of Anton Lundl
was illumned with CLEAN OF uneartAlY tr.
umph. aud springng ha,t-~prght, he tossed his
LETT arm alott, and III soul-thrllhng tones peal
ell forth hs battle-crv. of "Rosinc CT gamle
Denmark-hurrah ~ He then instantly fell
back ii corpse on the bosom OF his betrothcd.
In the suburb of O-sterbro, at Copenhagen,
, Is naval cemetery, anu II gth'IH'IA du''Nl>
. the eve Of the stranger, as it most torcIby did
our own, by a number of ! turesque fragments
of unlewp granite. strewn over the mortal re-
NUNS of the brave men who fell fighting tot
old Denmark against Nelson. The simple
words, ".1,,.on Lunh. d'eG } .lpril 1901" may
be seen on one of them.
Rosjne Rprentzen never smiled again. on
the first anniversary of the battle, she returned
home from the cemetery. where Sae had heeu
t place wreath of iu,morsiles on the grave
al her bc,rothed after the fashion Of her coun-
try. aud ere morning dawned, her soul had tied
, to JOIN her hero IN Heaven. Peace to the souls
! OF the brave, and of all who loved and were
loved OF tie brave who fell at the Rattle Of the
Blluc
= uTOn Monday morning, the Governor cavS
an audience TO Rev Ehezur Williams, Mis-
sonsry the ST. Regis Tribe of lndsus) and
f,ur Chief; of the Cauuhnawara and s.. Re