AccountOfTheSiegeBombardmentOfCopenhagen

his respective post. The shells fell in great numbers every w h ere ; the rockets crossed through the gloomy air; the guns on the ramparts mixed their thunder to that of 'he british, and enereased the echoing and dreadful noise. The fire brook immediate­ ly out in several places, but our fire-eri- giness and all which belongs to that depart­ m en t, being in good order, it was every where soon extinguished. About five thou­ sand men only were applied to this purpose, and always ready in the streets and in other places in order to prevent all the dangers o f conflagration. By these means the bombard­ ment at first was nos as detrimental to the houses , at it was fatal to the inhabitants. People were wounded and crushed to death both in the streets and houses, and nobody thougth himself secure even in the lowest cellar. The shells went through all the stories o f some houses, and destroyed every tiling they met. The mother giving suck to her ch ild , was killed together w ith her offspring by the same shell. Women , sur~