, 1864-07-31
The Fail of A1aeu.
From The Special Correspondence OF the London
TlTnes.]
Era NoHoaader T,rn N

ELsISoRE. Wednesday, juno %.
A'sen is fallen. Not wittstandlns the cou.
tInrA opitiru Of persuns Of the highest au-
thority, hare always expressed nv cvnvic-
ton thut after the loss of Ds6bpl, the
position VI the Island Was untcnable; and
to da3's news c"uld nut tin' rne unprepared
or cHusc r"r rny surprise. We have no other
accounts Of the erent than such as are sup
l,sied by hasfy and obscure ,eleRrams and
tn: sc will IN ull probability have reached
Lontcn rs curly If We received them. MY
knowIedeee of the scene OF action nay, how.
ever .nat'lc NE to join tngcther these crude
ami discarutcteH dispatches into Il cpptiuu-
ons sud circumsta1tial narrative.
1t a. uutura1Iy to he cxpect"l that upon
tue bTeakirg out Of fresh llostillttes th. wur
III Denmark should ht carried on with tue
ut1ncst .':or On tho part II the Austto-prus
einne; g,astly because their vAloE, bottled u1
for nearly two months ur.nitsice Was ready
TOR an outtuTst prnporaionate to the coui-
pr'Fs'on; rar'ly, alan, bee ,use It was Of til.
hrslt.st tiirprlantc tor tic G.rnllu Powers
tkat they should meet my ntte npt 1t inter
ference by neutrnE Powers by an arr4y Of
.ra,ts aesa,".ptt~. They were aware th,t where
there II f.u longer any room fur prevention,
tew pt ople Will veuture to propose, i cure
Fur the first Two OF three dlvo after the re-
snmption OF hos''l,tics, ths, Germans had,
stnary uussyits. On the side Of Ais-n they
had lifnifc'l Themselves to a slack ana torpid
canaouaGe. Tc-ttrua,, til@ir Fire WIS r-port-
c" f. have y. en- r"trrued with some spirit By
ttu Danish batteries, rhcreupon it had
ee"'ed uitosctbcr The results On this stds
twctn aid O'Clock, however, yesterday,
IN III. uight, the aaurln was spread in tue
Dar':b camp, and the Prussilns were report
cd to have come ovcr the Ais snnd. Tney
lad, 1t appesrs, thrown three bridges ecsass
the e11ait epposite to kjoer, Ut u s:ot be-
Il.Ivh ~ kn3{
The, soen mustered on the Alsen side force
which =" elled to II, GOO combataats, with cav
airy ard artillery. I had rtckoned tint the
BnDes had come time ago no ruore than {, 900
| meu Oh the ieilnd; they had, however. more
luteiy sent relbf37ccmcnts tu all thsir corps,
- that wu arr told They mastered last night
S,GGo. No efforts were ulatte, as fir as we
can make cut, to dispute the passage vi the
Sound. The Danes allowed themselves to
hr I ken by surprise at this juhctusc In 80
many other Instances, md thelE cnenlss
water by the aid Of pontoous, which arc
lustled forward on rails and prnpeue 10y
ftenn, skrreahiy to new cuntriyuncc Of
their Own invention, wh.rh enables them to
construct bridge Ia few minutes
Caught almost Mapping a they were, aui
DaIes fell bark up,,I Glarb5l unu shove
such good couutunance as deserved tue high
est tul Ugies OF the officer III command, [ito.
s'einnaD. The Stu regiment, Il corps already
stgnaiizea by hrAvc deeds is especially men-
toned as having behaved wlt!i the utmost
presence Of mind and intrcrld!ty.
ihc ground upon which the nrst encoun-
ter toek place consists Of pcnins1,lar In the
slare Ut all 1soseelts triangle, h1rirg th.
tstE1nus or hasis between Sodenbury and
t}kchol, und tie apex at Arnh;e!sore; the
A!s Sund and ot the Au3lstcrbars Fiord.
Placed Ct the lasit, at Ukebol, the Danes,
RANGED On It lltc nDL more than m En- :lsh
Lille long, were able for some time to
keep IN clItck the tide uf the OVER
NheIning n4sses OF the enemy; they were
V1lterrp, ttey uate the best af their WY t.,
tht woods bearing the ra mes OF svudeskoy
HDd l.au' ljerE 1natrg, which stretched their
hk!rte to the very edge Of that brt'ad sheet of
wafer " hich Ia known to us as Horup uar.
FowhIde * O'Clock the tight ragged at It's
~turted Is described as very heavy. By
degrees, however, the numerical superiority
Ol tue titInans began to tell, ani having
furced the narlow Tongue OF land ut Ulke-
boil, they spread their fvrces as far as Angus.
teEburg, Where tbe Danish headquarters
from Ausustenbnrg to Horup-Hav, pressing
On the Dsnish line at Vollerup. III. tvs
hostile columns "err thus moving aifnc5t In
two parallel linss on the same point
IDe OaNeb fF0Il ClKef0l, O5 f0lefnp anu the
woods OF Sonde-kos and Laubjerx Indimg,
toaa1d Ho1ur-H -Hay; the PTusssane iron, Au-
grssenbtrg aud On the borders of Ve'crup,
uver h)intIng aLd Lamhjery, to the same
1arbor Of Horrp-H Hay. Tho loss Of As has
been lou6ed forward to as q probable eveut,
even By those who did not consider it intvt-
table; and the Government bad, as In
formed you, taken on Saturday last the pre-
,u:ion Of sehding good number Of trans
Fort slfps to Horup-HAv to embark the
truop6 il tie event Of reverse, snd If It
were found practicable. Whit chances there
lnay be Of the ultimate escape Of The Dunes
FROM the island, VT hayc nor set the means
q kcertaiuing. The two eonten1lag aru'ies
lAhuch the Danes have taken the shortest
read their enemies seem to have over them
the advantage Of a large body Ut c.-alry
7nd light artillery ,.t shopld m .,s, even IN. the
might be 20 closely pressed as to find it i'm
possible to embark on tie spot. In such. m
emergency they T'on1d have to continu. their
flight bv,trd Horup.H H4v, along the xater
eiae, b. ShovbJ, down to the narrow, s,sndy
is;hnus which Joins the little 'Petln.ul. II
kegt DRs, or kainHs, to the main lAnd of the
Isle of A1sen, that peuineula which encloees
the beautiful sbret Of water Of Horup Hay.
The sardy isthmus above menti7a.d Ii 9
strip of land made mp By the road and by o
LaIroW beach on either side, hardly as broad
as the road Itself, and 1t Is several: yards In
length. We're the Danes able to reach the
:et6mus they could defend 1t against great
odds. and their rear could stand their ground
on that spot long enough to enable the main
l'ody OF tie fugittves to embark on the south,
ern shore Of the peninsula at sonderby sud
Oete1by. The mouth OF Hornp-Hav would
.ocn b. In the hands: Of the Pr1sstaus,. WHO,
moving on the footsteps Of the fugiiyes,
would take possession of the woods Of
scpderskov and Lamhterg, Indtng, and
from the ekirta Of those woods, "a "a
the wateredgc, they could, eEen With hsld n
batteries, soon prevent the egress Of the Da.
nish Transports. stould. however. these
transports be anchored outside the raY, or
should they wefghapchor before the mouth
Of the bay falls into Pr9ssian haads, there is
their escape, md the enemy could, at the Mt
nost, only take those men at the rear on
whom would devolye the duty Of defending
thc eandy lsthmus Of kegcnHs, a firm faith
prevails at the war Office here that tue whole
Of the Dadish force will haEeit IN their power
to embark, and they look forward to no other
losa sisn that of the drA1 and