AccountOfTheSiegeBombardmentOfCopenhagen

N O T E S .

1) T ] ie f;rst Division of the.english forces under

tlie Command of Admiral

Gam bier,

Rear-admiral

J . S ia n hope,

Commodore Sir

S am u el H oo d ,

consisted

of the following ships of tlie line: Prince of Wales,

98 guns, Pompee, Centaur, Alfred, Ganges, Captain,

Golialh, Orion, Hercules, Vanguard, Spencer, Bruns

wick ancf Maida of 74 guns, Nassau, Didtator and Ru

by of 64 guns'; eight frigates, thirteen sloops of war and

One bombvessel. The second Division, under Admiral

R u ssel,

consisted of the following ships of the lin e :

Menotaiir, Majestic, Mars, Defence, Resolution and

Vaillant of 74 guns, and the Cayenne of 22 guns,

Hussar, of 38 guns and five hrigs. — The landforces

consisted of the german Legion, having about ten re

giments of a thousand men, a corps of rifle-men, a bri

gade of guards of 2400 men, eight Companies of artil

lery, about fifteen regiments of the line, giving a total

of 27,000 men,

2) These troops, who are called Landvsern (the

guard of the country) were raised in the year 180r,

and consist of all those natives from the country, who

liáve already served out their time as soldiers, but in

case of an invasion, are to protedt their homes together

w ith the regular troops.