AccountOfTheSiegeBombardmentOfCopenhagen

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Bomb-ketches made off with full sails. In order to disturb them in their retreat, the advanced - guard o f our Gun - boats pur­ sued them and kept up a strong, fire. Our ships continued in the mean time to fire upon the Tand-battery. — In consequence of the Reports, which aTe come in, we ha ve reason to believe, that the Enemy had suf­ fered much. Our lofs has been 8 or 9 k il­ led and 10 or 12 wounded. Some of tire «hips have suffered more or lefs, but they w ill be repaired again to morrow. It de­ serves to be remarked, that the English, besides their Bombs, threw a kind o f rocket, which civilized nations never made use o f before. The latest accounts, received from the Crown-battery, mentions, that they fired this day on the Enemy’s ships, and from hence one could see with a glafs, several ships o f the English ready to sink, and their Bomb-ketches in a bad condition. On this occasion one o f the Danish Praams got seven shuts in her hu ll, only having one man killed and three wounded.—-