AccountOfTheSiegeBombardmentOfCopenhagen

liirkerup , Chief o f the iire-men, was wound­ ed. In the morning the king’s barn filled with hay was on fire. The shdls began again to tail in great numbers, which prevented passengers from going through the streets, withotr danger of being killed or wounded, although the fire had hitherto been extin-. gushied in 64 different houses , both public and p riva te , b y the indefatigable efforts of the fn e-men. During the second day’ s bombard-» merit, a great many of the inhabitants o f the Capital carried their most valuable effects to Ghristianshavn, where they thought themselves in security, and which town the shells had hitherto scarcely reached. A great many people flew also in all haste to the is­ land o f Amack. f t is difficult to imagine to one’s self a greater scene o f horror and con­ fusion than this .produced. Waggons .car­ rying families together with their most valuable effects, form ing a train without ©nd; the richest and most distinguished per­ sons, satisfied to save their lives and those aaf