AccountOfTheSiegeBombardmentOfCopenhagen

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assumed a warlike attitude; but it is as yet- not to late for the voice o f reason and mo~ deration to be heard. G iven in the Sound under our hands and seals, this 16th day o f August, 1807. Gambler. Cathcarl. Commanders in chief of his Majesty’s forces by sea and land employed in the Expedition. On the fame day the Commandant o f Copenhagen issued the following Proclama­ tion : Hostilities having commenced, I herewith command, in consequence of the order of the King, that all british property shall be sequestred, and that every one, who is in possession of english money or pro­ perty of any kind , shall announce it to the Po lice, Who w ill carry the necessary mea­ sures into execution. E ve ry one, who does not act according to this order, shall be regarded as a traitor tho the country. Th e following Proclamation was at the same time published at Gluckitad: W e , C h r i s t i a n the Seventh, b y the grace o f God , King of Denmark, N orway,