The New York herald., 1864-02-20

The scene Of the Conflict.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DANNEwERK, THE DANISH gUL-
wAKK OF sCHLESwIG- HOLSrEIN.
The above reports show that the German army has
attacked Mssunde and other places embraced in the line
OF the great Danish defence Of the Dannewerk.
As few Of our readers may be able to answer this
question satisfactorily, themselves will state
information Of the public, that the Dannewerk
great Danish bulwark OF the Duchy OF Scheswg II
very ancient origin. 1t s situate at the extreme
southern par: OF the Duchy OF scheswg, and is an
enormous earthwork that stretches almost the
entire country The length Of the peninsula Of Schlesw
Hosten the end Of Jutland s said to be three
hundred miles; that IT extends almost far as the
base line Of England fSs lle North Fcreand to Land
End The breadth OF the peninsula. however s but
third Of its lengIh and the Dannewerk is forti6caton
that reaches very nearly across the land from the Ger
man uccan TO the Baltic.
This border WALL Is said TO have been erected in the
ninth century and according % the accounts given Of it
IN .Olaf Tryggvesous Saga IL was built OF wood, stone
and earth. 10 the year y37, the WALL told, was
strengthened by Queen Thyra, whom the people, in their
thsnkfuness Tor the national defence, chrstened Dana
bed which, literally translated the pride of the
Danes and as proof OF the extreme antiquity OF the
structure there has been at tlensbcrg splendid
collection hnt heads collected from the
barrows earth mounds in the immediate ueighborhood
There spear points wrought out OF spnters OF ht
no thicker paper knives and worked sharper than
the best Steel Here too were shown the knucke bone
like which had been used separate the fine layers
of siceous earth from the solid mass, and which we're
found embedded In these barrows with the very
years before had broken from the integral block.
Here moreover, the slabs Of stone that the old
Cets had used TO grind their spear heads on to the sharp
est possible points, grooved h the tolls OF the work
men seeming as they were destined TO tell the pre
age how this wonderfully fne Workmanship OF the
hardest possible material was executed Indeed, in this
collection works long precedent TO history,
heads made out OF flint hardly thicker than mother Of
pearl, and wrought as sharp as needle.
The fortress consists the day (wthou going
into all the ncees OF historical deta OF three enormous
eathworks across the entire breadth of The land
Ihnuu con cd q m lp
long outwork 10 protect the narrow channel through
which the troops ultimately intended to be driven
Towards the Baltic Fast sea- there the "Oster
wolden (or east rampart lhis lies towards the Ecken
forde and is sometimes called the
II Is about English miles long, the earhworks being
from feet to five feet high and sixteen yards broad
and beset with dtch the depth of which varies from six
| feet to ten feet.
Beyon this is the great bay formed by the river Schley
which vide that troops could possibly attempt 10
pass IT, stretching Immediately IN front OF this IS the
kurgraben, which upwards OF mile Ia length begin
nrg the end OF the Seker lake IL is from ten feet
to twelve eet broad ana from four eet to six feet high
Behind this lies the great sannewerk ITSELF which
earhwork not less than fourteen miles long.
la parts is from thirty feet to thirty six feet high
the raparts from sixteen feet TO twenty feet
| broad The whole Of these earthworks Immediately
In connection OF the peninsula to the other,
with the river Schey the side and with the
river Treene which falls the Northern ocean that
Danish H ,cin their p0spsr food less
tan srlyosr square miles Of land in front Of ae great
| bui,odrk Of Scties,vic az monent notice.
aBu say the saxon soldiers the writer, "whai
the OF the suce gates IN this time Of fros Talking
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country with the hnnest pcce OF ice, and let the water
Immediately afterwards, 50 that dnv troops oempag
The country r0ould be ored dopn by the artillery
Ike corn Indeed not the least doubt that forty
thousand could hold the Dannewcrk against one hun
dred thousand opposing troops and II would require
strong army united Germany could possibly muster
TO wrest Schleswig from Denmark.
The Prussians Fire on Danish war
| vesscls-D0nish Embargo ON German
| shipping, &c.
slight engagement took place between the Esberns-
and Thor and Prussian batteries Shots
| exchanged, and the ships then went 10 sea.
| CorEvHAeEs, Feb. 2-Fvening.
Tomorrow embargo will be placed on all German
shipping In Danish ports.
The engagement between the two Danish men-or. war
and the Prussan artillery took place IN the bay o. Eckern.
| Prussan shot. No person was wounded.
The war Plan or tho Germans.
| HAMBURG Feb. z, 1864
The Prussian army intends to force passage at Mis-
sundc thus cutting the Danes of from the sea-
Ausrians engage them IN the centre II Is thought tina,
| II this plan succeeds the Danish army 10 lost.
| EngIandes Policy.
The London Times OF the 4th inst seems inclined tc
cast upon Par anent the task OF deding the policy of
| tho Cabinet Ii says the future course Of British
policy rests with the House q ammous: All that .
| neutral state may fairly do VIII doubt be sanctioned
| - IaytRtooL Feb 4, 1885,
II ia asserted that England has offered 70 guarantee all
that Austria and Prussia have demanded of Denmark.
Napoicon's Policy Towards the Combat
| ants.
Tho Paris correspondent Of the london TiRlss says
Tho Emperor reported he resolved oan ever 10
take no active part the Danish question: but ~ cave
TO England all difficulties and all the glory oi lnorvcn
ton His Majesty feels deep regret ~ what has come
70 pass England had her way in Crock alars, and
shc must now manage the best she can Win nansh
lie viii content himself with watching the course o. AZ.
AIRS, ana VIII act according to circumstances y IS
hopcd that the English Cabinet will after a reveT 70
| the idea of congress-
1
| Policy or asavnrig.
The Bavavian government had called conference of
those German states agreeing Itself n order 20 GENE