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mand. The students, who in the year 1801
enrolled themselves for the defence o f the
country, took up arms in consequence of
the fo llow ing invitation: “ The danger,
with which the country is threatened, gives
me occasion to invite all the students of th,e
University to assemble and embody them
selves in a Corps, which shall bear the
name o f the Crown-prince’s life-guard. I
have seen this body o f .men in the memo
rable gd April, and been happy to learn
their zeal for the king and country. Coun
trymen ! prove the same on this occasion.
The universally esteemed Grand-marshal
Hauch
w ill command tjhls Corps.
Frederic
, Prince Royal.
No man could do more under these
circumstances than the Prince has done.
Having arranged every thing for the de
fence of Zealand and the Capital, His Royal
Highnefs returned on the 12th from Copen
hagen to Kiel, but before he left the Capital,
he issued the following Proclamation: