, 1864-02-25

THE SGllLES1rlG NoLSTEIN EYan
Tie Eanfsh. Prusstan and Austrian
gc1-DescrIExi zion OF the DannesSerk.

THE SGilLEsTlG NoLSTEIN !Tan
Tie Ean1sh, Prusstan and Austrian
AIm1eS-tscn. Mcza and Gen. EVrnn.
gcI-De6cr1E xfon of the DannekEerk.
6cELE9w1G. BoLsTE1N AND GERMANY.
The German papers give the text Of an ap-
peal addressed to the Hungarian regiments
Of the Austrian army in Holstcin. The fol-
lowing is IN extract:
The Polish lenders in the Reichsath at Vieuoa
snd N, els@e,sne5eIGroshostt, @ Lanstewiez ead 50
Holeteiu is the cause Of Poland. You. Hun
gariane, will certainly not stand back IN show
If sea sif s@S & 1fr oa1s 5s l hays
efthe duehses Ne sba1 1ot saasf Gei@sny @ T to b.
eariansl You are cure to syppathize with tho fate
Of those who are bowed down under a furclgn
yoke, robbed Of ttcir nationality, forced into the
tlon. Let our common watchword be,
For your freedom, aud for our own.' Long live
HHoRasFg! HosaEs35g /! Lung l's Germany With sch'ss~Is
The appeal is printed in Magyar and Ger
man. It Is signed by The Friends Of Ger
man Freedom and Union," and proceeds ac-
cording to the THks5sitang, from the pen Of
Karl Blind. lie is also the author Of an ap-
peal to the Polish regiments. The Conserva-
llAE pApcIb COUP u cQFIupElOu Auu
demoralization'' which it ia TINS attempted to
introduce into tile Austrian army, while the
Liberal organs approve Of this propaganda.
THE DANISH, PnUss1AN AND AUSTRIAN A1sM1rs
GEN. MEzA AND GEN. ,gRANGEI.
CorESuAorH, Jan. 9G-AmoDg the many
who attracted attention III the late Danish
compajgu, honorable prominence was accord
cd to General Christian Julius dc Mcza, then
c ErIgadicr, now Commander-tn- Chief. The
Ike fate Of Denmark Is entrusted is descended
from family Of Spanish Jews, who settled
in tie country about a hundred years ago.
Although more than seventy ycare Of age, lie
retains many oi the qualities which with the
bnlk of mankind arc the happy privilege Of
green old age he enjoys. In this, aa In every
other respect, he is n worthy opponent Of
Baron W1angel, the Prussinn General, who is
nearly an octogenariaD, hut was never seen in
d cloak, aud will head charge with somc-
thing likt the fire he exhibited ut Waterloo.
Gen. Mem is politician Of the old school,
violently opposed to the party in power, and
after the rout Of the Germans, would like
nothing better than the defeat Of Herr Hnll
and the men who ruled the country for
twelve years. His political opinions, IS we'll
.as lis military ta1cnts, arc shared in an emf
sncnt degree BY Col. Kaufman, the chief Of
lis stuff, Eau1mann, Ho1Eteiner By birth,
has been in the civil and military service Of
tho kingdom for many years, aud proved him
self q cool and Intelligent officer in the war
Of ISIS. Oflate be has acted in various capa-
cities, representing his Government in the
Dict ut one time, and then submitting to be
sent 10 kicl. to coercc the University and
not the most glorious part Of his career.
The troops ut the disposal OF the gallant
Twins, us they nre called here, cannot be well
estimated above 10, 900 or Il, 600 men. More,
it is true are being enlisted or arc already in
course Of formation !; but, i'll order to make up
Eetcrre- differently given at from {, 600 to TO-
COO men-wil1 be kept in the rear, and advan-
cfd only in proportion to losses In the front.
These troops are opposed By 50, 600 Prussians,
and half as many Auetrians, to which are to
te Immediately added II, 600 more Prnssians.
However, the Dannewerk being what tits, it
Ti!1 require the utmost gallantEy On the part
Ct the invading force to carry one Of the few
points at all accessible a regular seige,
which would be safe but wearisome opera
tIon, is evidently not intendcd-the allied
armies having no heavy guns with them. In
the true old style Of Father Wrangel," d
man whose name is not easily forgotten in d
country which has once made his acquiant-
ance, the works are to be carried, it is said, ny
assault, or rather series Of assaults. 1n1e-
pendent of his particular notions Of strategy,
and the value ofhuman Life, delay in the pres
ent instance would be anythin: utagrceab1e,
one may well imagine, to his king.
DESCRIPTION or TnR DAENEwEnK.
The Dunnewcrk Is the great Danish bull
wcrE Of the Duchy Of Schleswig. 1t is Of
very ancient origin. It is situate ot the ex-
treme southern part OF the Ouchy Of schles-
wig, and is now IN enormous earthWork that
stretches almost across the entire country.
Holstein to the end Of Jutland is said to be
near three hundred miles; so that It extends
almcst as far as the base line of England from
the North Foreland to Lnnd's End. The
breadth Of tic peninsula, however, is but
one-thfrd Of its length, and tue DanneWerk
is a fortifcation that reaches very nearly
across the land from the German Ocean to
the Baltic.
This 'tborder walln is said to have been
!: erected IN the ninth century, and, according
to the account given Of 1t in :" Olaf Tryggye-
sons Saga" it was built Of wood, stone and
;; was strengthened BY Queen Thyra, whom tho
people, in the1F thankfulncss for the national
defense, christencd DanAbod, which literally
translated, means the pride Of the
antiquity Of the structure, there has been
flint arrow heads and axes collected from the
; Burrows or earth mounds In the Immediate
neighborhood. There we're spear points
wrought ont Of splinters Of flint no thicker
:; than paper knives, and worked sharper than
the best steel. Here, too, were shown tho
| used to separate the fine layers OF hlliceous
! earth from the solid mass, and which were
| found embedded in these same baTroTs, With
the very flint chip beside them that the peo-
pie, thousands Of years before, Lad broken
from the integral block.
Here, moreover, were the slabs Of stone
that The old CGlts had used to grind their spear
Leads On to the sh1rpest possible points,
grooTed with the tolls Of the workmen, and
seeming as If they we're destined to tell the
present age how this wonderfully fine work
manship Of the hardest possible material was
lcng precedent TO history, were arrow
heads made ont of flint hardly thicker than
mother Of pearl, aud wrought as sharp as
needle.
The fortress consists at the present day Of
| three enormous earthworks, stretching across
the entire breadth of the lannd. They dre so
| arranged as to form the neck, or funnel, with
| long outwork to protect tile narrow chan
/ nel through which the troops are ultimately
! intended to be driven. Towards the Baltic,
OF East Sea, there runs the "Ostcr-W olden"
Tor East ranpart) This lies towards the
.sCamcl Daunewerk." 1t is about two Eng
Ieh miles long, the earthworks being from
four to five feet high and sixteen yards broad,
ard heset with ditch, the depth Of Which
varied from Elk feet to ten 1eet.
Beyond this is the great bsJ formed by ths
river Schlci; which Is so wide that no troop
could possibly attempt to pass 1t. Stretch
ing Immediately in front Of this Is the Kur
g1abcn,'' which ia upward Of n'mi1e in length
beginning at the end of the Selker lake; 1t il
from ten to twelve feet broad, and from fou
feet to efx feet high, ,
I Behind this lies the great "Dannewerk'
itself which consists of an earthwork no
less than fourteen miles long. In some part
1t is from thirty feet to thirty-six feet high
and the rnmparts are from sixteen feet t
twenty feet broad. Thewhole Of these earth
; works arc Immediately in connection, fron
one side Of the peninsula to the other.
, s.But," say the Saxon soldiers to the ~r
] ter, "what are the uses Of the sluice-gates i
this time Of frost ?' Talking with the Dams
engineers, they say thcy lau f'coded the conr
try with the thtrnest pe1}icle Of ice, :nd le
the water out Immediately afterwards, S
| that any troops attempting to cross the couf
I try would be moved down by the artlller
! like corn. Indeed; there Is not the leas
doubt that II, coo men could have held th
Danncwerk against 100, 900 opposing troopA
SCMLEAWIG.HO
An Explanation OF the Question.