AccountOfTheSiegeBombardmentOfCopenhagen

tlie sight o f the maimed S ire , o f the innocent babe crushed at the very breast o f its nu rse , o f the boinbstroke house­ w ife amidst her domestic occupations, that the roars o f a conflagration de­ stroying their own and their friends pea­ ceable abodes, that the thougth on anni­ hilated property or livelyhood , did then as little abate their ardour, as now the everburn ing remembrance o f a ll these horrors is capable o f lessening their loud and unanimous g rie f at every jo t o f that cap itu la tion , wh ich a fatal ne­ cessity dictated. T h e noble commander o f the ma­ ritime defence j the gallant captains o f the praams and the who le boat flo tilla, who are a just pride and boast o f our surrendered tho ’ u n c o n q u e r e d fleet, and w ithstood all the threats and a t­ tempts o f the new i n v i n c i b l e a r m a - d a ; the undaunted and sk ilfu ll V o lu n ­ teers o f the K ings chasseurs; the not less brave and w e ll behaving c ity -a rtil-