AccountOfTheSiegeBombardmentOfCopenhagen

Ratified and confirmed b y us, at th« Head-quarter at Hellerup, the before men­ tioned seventh day o f September 1807. J Gambler * Cat/icart . General Peymann announced it to the Pub lic Tn the follow ing Proclamation* Fellow - citizenc! The means of our defence having prov­ ed ineffectual, the enemy could not be pre­ vented from erecting Batteries sufhciciently near the Capital to set it on fire in many places and as often as he liked, without our having the power to extinguish it b y our fire-eng ines, which were destroyed by the shells or frequent use. It was therefore .my opinion and that o f the officers, whom is was m y duty to consult, that in consi­ deration o f the reduced state o f our garrison, we could not prevent the Capital from being taken b y assault, in consequence whereof, and in order to spare the lives ■of the innocent inhabitants, and the Capi­ tal from the disastrous consequences of its