, 1864-05-17

wae a:so prodIsious slaushter. The Trus. s.iaas
had overwhelming advantages, and they used
Them. Their nunoe!s prohaby. exceeded those OF
t. one, their artillery was nune.ous and immense
~ powerful, and thsy poured in an iucessant
storm Of shot aud shea. Long before the assault
dous cannonade. The forts on the Danish Isff,
numbered and 2, were destroyed -'sthey were uot
only d!znounted and s!!ezcsa, but wcrc actna1 J
hIotted out Or % the ine" Nos: and 4. the latter
four cannon LEFT between the two" THE
whole Of the Danish 1ett was defeaceleas,
and 20 fess s,a{lIan adlIshearteHtns asys, rcashed
madc it. assault On the ish The ebt was r1oq jrp
for defence was possible and Jet The loss Of the
allowed The enemy 10 open ncv dre upon them,
and their retreatiug. ranks were thinned by tas
Irassian S1nnsss wtth hnfaly any possibility Of
s Ut It bsy oas s35ss s3Dets &C.
s'T1cy knew that as the army w4s dw:na:iu= daily,
y he day Eo5!d !, come IN which itwould bo
Is ot1a pame % at lattx" viii VIII auch o tao@ pros.
pect and such !, feelings 1t Is mat
teE, Of rondsf that they, held ont 80
Tended Duppcl fo1 two months, bearins through
the last three weels as fierce a fire rs was ever
known a. sebsstopol re can only lament the de
forior weapons, the Danish force has carried on
noble though hopeless strnegle.. It has lost no
Preparation % may be 1emedied, s its scsnty% M % ana
may be repleuished. and Denmark again take
its place anone the best defended nlonarchies
ess Ct e9 9s e. a es bsss1 sste ss tss
King and the Duchies. md time may come
Wben The ealami,ics Of the, present hour win be-
ueeless shedding Of blood-. 1t will occur to every
one to AK how this Duppel, which was known to
be detenceess eevcal days before the assault, was
Alsen elected IN gead order, before the dnai % rush
of tue Prussians bad mastered the works and ena.
hled them to turn thelr dre on tbs bridge Surely
i L.. Is II the duly Of Ge11srnl, when be knows
h1s thoughts to fs1inc bis armyi It is the
Duppel must he lost, and tnat with little
Sound with safety: Yet ne find them waiting In
their shattered batteries, on which they had hardly
u Gun to mount, The Prusstans cane on; they Re.
down themselves i'y shell and grape. They ayht
lra,e}y poor teilo for, even thus osernatched,
they kill and wound some 1,500 Of the enemy; but
the bE1lse: The danger is 80 inmlncnt that os1ess
src given from the A1sen side to break tho commu-
nica.ten, and zone 1900 men, besides killed and
It viii be with = feeling Of sorrow, but not Of
surpree that the world will learn that this disaster
was mainly due t9 political sau,es Generals and
ought to be abandoned: they knew thst eSii1tai
movement would bring OF the army with little, II
any, loea, and that Denmark might transfer Its
in its Weldon decided to thc Contrary. Every One
ln TIC lines e7peeted catastrophe. That D1ppel
i md IN attempt tnadc to remore its defenders
by night, Was tho opinion firmly entertained
by all officers m.ttre in the art Of war. -"
Escn on J., the eve Of the : d!saster leaSe to
as you afc aware, moat people were con1inced that
s tssRs wSo MS1f.5 Spn BE r.
held at any price, Those who hare read the Dan
ish blue book are aware that tho bishop, has no
small zhars Of obs tinacY In lis composltlon, but
country men to destruction. 10 att In IN nrm-
chair at home and telegraph to General ordeta to
hold an Gntensbe Plaee-or.icIs involving not only
bpt also treacb Of tho moral code OF war
Is conduct hardly. plraaing in a. minister,
and ylshop Monrad will not easily escape
cannot fail to see that In giving this unhappy order
Inc Danish minister was only the slave OF popular
opinion. as expressed In the late commotions ol
tic capital. When the Da1ntweFxe Was abandon-
ed, the Copenhagen people 1oso almost IN ineqr.
rection. The palace was beset by Multitude de-
HaRtins to know on what grounds the defenccs oi
Denmark had been abandoned and the honor Of the
treat Eam DanncEelke bad the assent OF the chiel
officers Of the army, ind events lave proved that Il
wAB necessary movement. Bat this the GOV.
erBment was afraid TO confess, and It, h2stened
TO propitiate the crowd By deprivinE General
Heza Of his command. Even this did not satisfy
Copenhagen, and the Legislature was Obliged to
eaprces lis indignation 1t the surrender, and to
urge the Crown to bolder military, policy: We
now see the fruits ofthesc manifestations. Duppel
hid, in the minds Of the Danes, place second
only 10 that Ct the Dannewcske. They had been
excited to believe that tho place could be held
and consequently were determined thntit should
be held. This. feeling. the minister did not
dare to aisappenS Ms fcaFed e ts fhaS F:eon1 r
meut than the most crushing defeat. The multi
tnde might pardon thoEe Who were driven from
their positions by powerful enemy but Tot taost
these considerations, The bishop appears 70 hare
scnt to the commander the fatal ortler which wat
20 lamentabl5 obcyed. It ia pIsiable to see poli
tlcan reduced to such strait hut far more ead t.
thiptz that 10 many cal1ant lives hare been sacrl
fetd to fancy political r1igenGes, and through
of ri rrn%4S