The Express. — 1864-02-08 (London, England)

VIII." To this harangue his royal highness replied as follows : I thaak you for greeting me so cordially on my arrival hers. lam glad to take part with our troops in a cause to which lam devotedly attached. You will not expect as to make say further declaration, and Weed I am bet able to do so. I must, however, say that lam unable to recognise the prinoe you have =ailed by Use title you have gives him. I come here °sly as a Neither, and beg you to consider me as such, and as a fellowcountryman of your OIVIL I trust to the wise dispeassticos of Providence, in wham bands the result is placed. Yoe are aware that I have beg =cod is the most intimate relations of friendahip and 000ssegniaity with my cousin. I shall tell my father of your having received me so warmly, tad yon may depend upon it ha takes the greatest interest in your came..  This morning the main body of the Prussians advanced on the northeru road leading to Missunde, a village of some importance, situated on the south bank of the great fiord or arm of the sea that runs up to the town of Sleswig, called the Schlei, and at this, the narrowest part, it is not wider than the Thames at London-bridge. Here, in times of peace, the communication between the two sides of the fiord is kept up by a ferry. The Danes had erected with admirable engineering talent no leas than seven formidable earthwortbs to defend the approach to the Soblei. They bad selected strong positions for them all, but the two most southerly ones were on the most elevated heights, and offered the greatest advantages for a resolute defence. In each is a rough but strongly constructed block-house, and the position not only commands the approach from the south, but the ferry and the-de-port on the other side of the Schlei, w the  It appears that at first only a reconnaissance was intended, but supports being ordered up to the front, the action soon became general, the object of the allies being to take the earthworks and drive the enemy across the 13chlei. If this bad succeeded they would further have been enabled to cross over and turn the Danes, thus circumventing the formidable Dannewerke ; but it was otherwise ordained.  Nina batteries of Prussian artillery of the Third or Brandenburg, and Seventh or Weetpbslian Brigade, weakling of howitzers, field six-pounders, short twelve-pounders, and rifled guns, in all 75 pieces of ordnance, were by degrees drawn into the engagement, which bawl about 11 o'clock and lasted for four hours. The lire of the Prussians was returned by the Danes with great spirit, the latter appearing to be quite up to their work ; and though they did not dismount any of the guns, did great execution on the gunners and horses, more than 150 Prussians being killed and wounded, amongst whom are several officers, one a colonel of artillery. Whether the Prussians did right in opposing in open field an enemy entrenched behind strong earthworks defended by guns of much heavier calibre, is beyond my province as a civilian to decide. Certain it is that they paid dearly for thus exposing their men. In the meantime the Prusaian infantry made several atteropte to storm the beighta, although not a single gun had been silenced, but they were received each time by such a murderous fire of shrapnels and grapeshot, and were taken in flank by the Danish rifles and infantry concealed behind hedges, that they were reluctantly compelled to abandon the attack for the present. But the conduct o: the Prussians merits all praise. As if they were veterans who had been in many actions, instead of young lads smelling gunpowder for the first time, they rushed lip the heights only to be reuplsed again and again. But all their heroism was not sufficient to take one single entrenchment. Old Sleswig-Holstein officers who had joined the Prussians as volunteers to witness the action are unanimous is their melee of the bravery and coolness displayed by the Prussians. One man, the stock of whom casket wee shattered