AccountOfTheSiegeBombardmentOfCopenhagen

their fam ily , renounced all claim to the ad­ vantages, which rank and Fortune can afford. About a hundred persons lived together in a single house at Cftristianshavn, and many a miserable cottage on Ariiack Island gave' shelter to several Families oFdistinction From the Capital. Sept. the 4th the bombardment re­ commenced about seven o’clock , and the wood at the tim ber-yard , belonging to se­ veral merchants and whi ch was oF great va lu e , was set on fire w ith redhot shot. A t the same time the fire broke out in many houses, and at last it seized the steeple oF theFruekirke, which Falling down, spread the flames around and encreased the danger. The fire-engines and all their apparatus Were now destroyed by the shells, as w ell as b y the Frequent use that had been made o f them. Most oF the fire-men were killed or wounded , and those who escaped the shells, were so worn out with Fatigue that their exertions were i vain. .Their strength abated in the same proportion as the fire ; 3