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The fire-arms o f the Manufactory at Cron-
borg and the greatest part of the gun-pow-
der at Frederikswerk are secured; but Fre
deriksborg and Frederikswerk are in the
hands o f the Enemy, and the Frigate Frede-r
rikswern has been taken on her w a y to Nor
way. Fellow-citizens! secure in your cou
rage and firmnefs, you may depend upon
the care and vigour, which on my side shall
ever defend and guard our common wealth.
Aug. 23 the follow ing Proclamation was
made public by the Commandant: Some o f
the Danish Bomb-vessels were ordered to at
tack several of the Enemy’s Bomb-vessels and
Gun-brigs, which had placed themselves on
the northern side o f the Lime-kiins (Kalk-
brænderie), in order to destroy a battery,
which the Enemy had erected by the Swan-
inill
A t ten o’clock our Bomb-ketches be
gan to fire, which was directly returned by
> the English Bomb-vess.els and Gun -b rigs,
Notwithstanding these were reinforced, the
fire o f the Enemy declined about one o ’c lo ck , and a good many o f tiie Enemy*
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