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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.
Fellow -citizens!
In communicating to you this Capitu
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