AccountOfTheSiegeBombardmentOfCopenhagen

being taken b y assault, I find m yself re­ duced to the unfortunate extremity o f agreeing to a capitulation with the com­ manders o f the Enemy’s forces, whereby I am to surrender the fleet and allow' the Enemy to take possession o f the Citadel Freddrikshavn and the holm , for a suffi­ cient length o f time as may enable him to take the ships of war out o f the harbour, but on condition, that these places shall be returned and that the english troops shall evacuate the island o f Zealand at latest with in six weeks and that all public ?nd private property shall be respected. lation, which 1 am doing with the utmost g rie f, I cannot forbear calling to your minds that the first of your duties as citizens, whose lives and property are hereby secu­ red , that tranquillity and good order are necessary, and 1 have likewise to admonish every inhabitant, that the wanting in this Fellow -citizens! In communicating to you this Capitu­