AccountOfTheSiegeBombardmentOfCopenhagen

mand. The students, who in the year 1801 enrolled themselves for the defence o f the country, took up arms in consequence of the fo llow ing invitation: “ The danger, with which the country is threatened, gives me occasion to invite all the students of th,e University to assemble and embody them­ selves in a Corps, which shall bear the name o f the Crown-prince’s life-guard. I have seen this body o f .men in the memo­ rable gd April, and been happy to learn their zeal for the king and country. Coun­ trymen ! prove the same on this occasion. The universally esteemed Grand-marshal Hauch w ill command tjhls Corps. Frederic , Prince Royal. No man could do more under these circumstances than the Prince has done. Having arranged every thing for the de­ fence of Zealand and the Capital, His Royal Highnefs returned on the 12th from Copen­ hagen to Kiel, but before he left the Capital, he issued the following Proclamation: