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cessarjf to reconnoitre the garden o f Mr.
Classen, to learn whether the Enemy had be
gun to erect a Battery on that spot* a sally
tvas made to-day at four o’clock by the uof-
Wegiari life-regiment, under the command
o f Colonel
Beck.
The force consisted o f 3
Battalions
of
the Infantry, the Riflemen or
'Chasseurs
of
the K ing ’s Life-guard, the
Kiflemen
o f
other Regiments, and the
jftuntsmen from the country. This Corps
Was supported b y 8 guns. .T h e design of
this sally was perfectly attained.
The gar
den being exactly examined, and the Rifle
men of the eneiny driven out, we were con
vinced that the English had neither erected
dr begun to erect any Battery.
A ll the
buildings at that place were burnt, besides
a
great part o f the'wood .
After that was
executed, our troops returned in good or
der to the Citadel, when they saw several
large colufnns o f the enemy approaching
from Wibenshuus and along the shore.
Our brave troops executed this undertaking
to my greatest satisfaction. The lofs of the