The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-22

sent condition Of Europe to wrest Scheswig from Den.
mark.
The Danish army at present serving behind the Dan.
newerk Is not sufficiently numerous TO defend 1t stimuli.
taneously along its entire extent We are informed IN
advces from England that in order to obvate this
difficulty the King OF Denmark had force engaged in
laying down line OF railway, running inside the great
.border wall" and parallel 10 it, by means OF which his
soldiers eau be moved any point Of the work which
may DO menaced with serious assault the Danish re
giments being thus as 1t were, rendered omnpresent
along their earthwork protection.
let or written by gentleman serving behind the Dan
newerk the Goth OF January four days previous to tho
battle Of Mssande, contains the following important
statement
The severity OF the cold, which at night has been
high as twenty degrees c., has caused much suffering
the (Danes) who mostly sleep upon straw with
out proper shelter but they bear every fatigue with
reasen the strength Of the position Of ,hs BY
freezing Of the Schley which would give the
enemy the means OF turning our TANKS Daily attempts
have been made 10 keep open canal in the gulf: but II
has been . veritable work Of Sisyphus, as what
cleared in the day frozen over again in the night
sdden change or temperature has set in, and the
soldiers hardened by endurance 10 the GOLD, hail the
thaw the harbnger OF spring ana eagerly look Tor
continues the Schey will soon break up and the
fortncauons will then DO As strous ~ ever
THE WAR PLAN OF TEE ALLIES.
To enable readers to clearly understand the
military plan OF the Austrans and Prussians rs we'll
TO facilitate the tracing of their future movements on
the map we may thst Just previous TO tho actual
OF the soil Of Schleswg the prussan army corps
under the command Of Marshal WrAngei and Prince
Frederick Charles were concentrated IN the triangle
formed by kie, Rendsburg aud Neumunster "a town
situate on the line OF the Hamburg Railroad and distant
seventeen miles south. southeast OF Ke with the head
quarters the irst named place. The troops were
ranged. In such manner that the principal masses
quatersd closs 10 the passages Of the Elder Be-
tween heumunster, where the Austrian and Prussian
joined, and Rendsburg the Austrian corps under
General axon de rablentz concentrated and sent
strong detachmens In observation on the lower Elder,
towards demolished t: du p0e OF
which was blown by the Danes when the Saxon
az execution entered the duehies in tue latter end Of
1868 When the Eider crossed the Prussiaus took
burg.
POSITION OF THE DANES.
Previous the I'd Of February the Danes occupied .
line south OF tho Schiey from Eckenerde 10 Hollngsed
Their LETT was strengthened by work extending from
the bay OF Eckenfcrds nearly to the Schey Their
force protected the OF Scheswg and their
Dannewer their whole force being
over long line OF defence According to the report OF
the Danish commander the PrussiaDs bad attacked his
outposts, and were advancing towards Missunde
with the intention OF forcing the passage OF the
Schley. The later news gives the result OF
the movement. II was at Missunde that the
Prussians desired to cross IN order to cut OF the
Danes from the Field Marshal Won Wrangei proba-
bly, his recoecons OF ls4S when the Danes retired
before AID gained the island OF Asen, where their
them secure and IN the neighborhood Of which
the Prussans and Hanoverians met with the bloody
pulse OF Doppen. IL is therefore anticipated that
the General will operate the east Of the penin
the schey IL 10 be forced this point and the
Danes of from the while the Austrans operate
their centre This, the Germans expect, will end in the
destruction OF the Danish army.