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Head-quarters before Copenhagen, MY LORD,

Sept. 2.

I have the honour to transmit herewith the report of the expedi. tion undertaken by brigadier-general Von der Decken; in the course of which he made a great number of troops capitulate, and also took possession of the foundry and powder-mills at Friedrickswerk.. Amongst the inclosures is the capitulation, which has been ratified; and the commanding -general in Copenhagen has actually permitted the artillery,men included in the capitulation, but who were serving in the place, to come out of the town as prisoners on capitulation.

The talents, zeal, and activity of the brigadier-general have rendered him extremely useful on every occasion which has occurred to employ him.

I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) CATHCART. To Lord Viscount Castlereagh.

Jagerberg, August 19, 1807. MY LORD,

After I had the honour to state to your lordship yesterday the capture of six waggons loaded with powder, and also of a considerable VOL. XLIX.

quantity of arms at Friedrickstadt, which I have sent to major-general Linsengen, I learned that a convoy of 180 waggons, loaded with gainpowder, and escorted by upwards. of 500 men, was on its way to Friedrickstadt, after having in vain attempted to enter Copenhagen by way of Roeskilde. I resolved to attempt to cut it off from Friedricks. werk, and proceeded for that purpose to Krigume. I was informed here, that the said convoy had passed there two hours, before, that the escort was very much fatigued, and had begun to desert. I was told that Friedrickswerk was a very strong position, defended by a corps called the volunteers of that place, raised by the Crown prince himself for the protection of the powdermills and arsenal there. Although the horses of my detachment ( which was composed of 100 light dragoons of the 1st line, including eighteen dragoons of the 3d) were very fatigued, yet I thought it adviseable to attempt to take the place by surprise. I approached Friedricks. werk at one o'clock of the morning. Captain Kraukenberg, of the 1st light dragoons, succeeded in surprising an advanced piquet of niue men. In arriving near the entrance, where we expected to find a battery, we met an officer, who informed me that the commanding officer was willing to capitulate, if I would grant him honourable terms. After some conversation with major Tschering, aide-de-camp to the prince, and governor of that place, he agreed to surrender with his corps, 860 strong, including officers, under the condition that he and his whole corps should not serve during the war, or until an exchange had taken place,

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I found a great quantity of powder (about 1,600 centners), a num. ber of guns and small arms. As I had no means to carry off the pow. der, and even no time to destroy it, I was obliged to be satisfied with the promise of the major, and all the officers, upon honour, that nei. ther powder nor stores should be 'issued to the Danes. As there was no means of getting waggons, I was obliged to be satisfied with carrying off the four guns, and half the arms of the corps which had surrendered, and which I have delivered to major-general Linsengen. I left Friedrickswerk this morning at five o'clock, and found my. self soon after attacked almost in all the villages by peasants armed with forks, delivered for that purpose by the Danish government, the greater part on foot, but some on horse. back. The dragoons took about fifty of these peasants, and five horses, without any loss on our side. On receiving information that all the roads in the woods before and behind Friedrickswerk, were full of peasants (some of which were armed with rifles), 1 changed my road by marching to the left, where the ground is open, and I discharged the peasants, after explaining to them the object of our being in this country.

1 cannot conclude this long report without certifying to your lordship my great satisfaction with the conduct of the officers and men which I have had the honour to command on this occasion, and to recommend to your lordship's notice captain Kraukenberg, of the 1st light dragoons.

I have the honour to be, &c. FRIED. VON DECKEN, Brig. gen. Right Hon. Lord Cathcart.

[The above is followed by a dis patch from lord Cathcart, enclosing the following from sir Arthur Wel. lesley.]

MY LORD, Kioge, Aug. 29. According to the intention which I announced to your lordship on the evening of the 27th, I moved to Roeskild Kroe, and placed colonel Reden at Vallensbrek, and general Linsengen marched yesterday morn. ing to Roeskild: by these different movements, his force became the right instead of the left.

Having had reason to believe that the enemy still remained at Kioge, I determined to attack him this day. I settled with general Linsengen, that he should cross the Kioge rivulet at Little Sellyas, and turn the enemy's left flank, while I should move along the sea-road towards Kioge, and attack him in front.

Both divisions broke up this morning, and marched according to the plan concerted. Upon my approach to Kioge, I found the enemy in force on the north side of the town and rivulet, and they commenced a cannonade upon the pa troles of hussars in my front; they had three or four regular battalions formed in one line, with cavalry on both flanks, and apparently a large body beyond the town and rivulet. At the time agreed upon with general Linsengen, I formed my infantry in one line, with the left to the sea, having the two squadrons of hussars upon the right. There had been some appearance of a movement by the enemy to their left; and I had not had any communica tion with general Linsengen, and was not certain that he had passed the rivulet. I therefore thought it proper to make the attack in an

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echallon of battalions from the left; the whole covered by the 1st batta lion 95th regiment, and by the fire of our artillery

It fell to the lot of the 924 regiment to lead this attack, and they performed their part in the most exemplary manner, and were equal. ly well supported by the 52d and 43d.

The enemy soon retired to an en. trenchment which they had formed in front of a camp on the north side of Kioge, and they made a disposi tion of their cavalry upon the sands to charge the 92d in flank, while they should attack this entrench ment. This disposition obliged me to move colonel Reden's hussars from the right to the left flank, and to throw the 43d into a second line; and then the 93d carried the en. trenchment, and forced the enemy to retreat into the town in disorder. They were followed immediately, in the most gallant style, by colonel Reden and his hussars, and by the 1st battalion of the 95th regiment, and afterwards by the whole of the infantry of my corps. Upon cros sing the rivulet, we found general Linsengen's corps upon our right flank, and the whole joined in the pursuit of the enemy.

Major-general Ozhoken, the second in command, who had joined the army with four battalions last. night from the southern island, at. tempted to stand in the village of Hersolge; but he was attacked briskly by the hussars, with detach ments of which were captain Bla. quire, and captain Cotton of the staff, and by a small detachment of the 1st of the 95th; and he was compelled to surrender with count Wedel Jarlsburg, several other officers, and 400 men.

The loss of the enemy has been

very great, many have fallen, and there are nearly 60 officers and 1,100 men prisoners. In their flight they have thrown away their arms and clothing, and many stands of the former have fallen into our hands. I believe that we have taken ten pieces of cannon; but I have not yet received all the reports from the detachments employed in the pursuit of the enemy. I have not seen general Linsengen, as he is still out with his hussars; but I understand that the enemy had destroyed the bridges at Little Salbye, which was the cause of the delay of his operations upon their flank.

I cannot close this letter without expressing to your lordship my sense of the good conduct of the troops; all conducted themselves with the utmost steadiness. But I cannot avoid to mention particu larly the 92d regiment, under the command of lieutenant-colonel Napier; the 1st battalion 95th regi. ment, under the command of lieutenant-colonel Beckwith; the Bri tish artillery, under the command of captain Newhouse; the Hano. verian hussars, under colonel Reden; and the Hanoverian light artillery, under captain Sympter; as corps that had particular opportu nities of distinguishing themselves: I am also much obliged to general Linsengen, and to brigadier-general Stewart, for the assistance I recei. ved from them in the formation and execution of the plan by which the enemy have been defeated. The officers of the staff have also ren dered me much assistance; and I must particularly mention captain Blaquire and captain Campbell.

I have the honour to be, &c; (Signed) ARTHUR WELLESLEY. Lieut-gen. Lord Cathcart, K. T. &c. *Y y 2 P. S. We

P. S. We have taken a large store of powder and other military stores in this town, which I propose to destroy, if I should not be able to pre. vail upon the captain of one of his majesty's ships to take charge of them.

[Thea follows a letter from lord Cathcart, enclosing major-general Linsengen's account of the engas ment before Kioge, on the 29th ult.]

SIR, Ringstedt, Aug. 31. The right column, consisting of six squadrons of the 1st, 2d, and 3d fight dragoons, king's German begion, five companies of the 95th, half a battery of horse artillery, the 438 foot, and the 6th line bat. talion, king's German legion, broke up from Roskiold by five o'clock on the 29th instant, reached Arstead by eight o'clock, when two squadrons, that had been sent the night before from Roskiold to Arstead, did join the division. This detach ment, under the command of major Grote, 1st light dragoons, had been sent to Arstead for the purpose of getting information with regard to the enemy at and in the neighbour hond of Ringstedt and Kioge. The major took two prisoners in the night; the one carrying dispatches directed to a Danish general, and detailing all our marches, and ascer. taining the strength of our corps. The major likewise took thirty waggons with provisions. The column again, after a short halt, moved to wards Laddger, on the road to Hig. bye: having reached the former place, some armed militia and small detachments were seen towards Eigbyc.

As it was my intention to cross the rivulet that runs from Gungarg

to Kioge at Yderholm, or Littenga Gaard, I detached one squadron, one gun, and two companies of the 95th riflemen, to the right, to reconnoitre either passage, under the command of major Plossen, of the 1st light dragoons. The grounds between Eigbye and Dalbye being greatly covered with wood, intersected by a large morass, and found impracticable for a column to pass, the passage at Yderholm was given up, and that of Littenge Gaard chosen. The detachment under major Plessen went along the left bank of the rivulet by Spanager, to protect the right of the column, which moved on by Eigbye at about half past nine o'clock, A. M. The cavalry being arrived at the banks of the rivulet near Littenge Gaard, the planks over the bridge had been taken up, and nothing remained for the cavalry and part of the horse artillery, but to ford the rivulet, which they instantly did, and advanced along the right bank of it, halted to await the infantry and the rest of the horse artillery, who by this time had arrived in close column at the bridge. The pioneers of the 6th battalion of the line repaired it so far, in twenty-five minutes time, that the infantry were enabled to pass by single files (which retarded much the progress of the column), while the rest of the horse artillery passed through the ford. Till now the enemy did not in the least attempt to oppose it. After having passed the bridge, the infantry moved on in close columns, through Littenge Gaard, on the road to Kioge, between the rivulet and the wood. Here I ordered part of the 95th to clear the woods to the right of the column; the detachment of the 43d to do the same

in front; and forming the 6th bat. talion and rest of the 43d in line, advanced with them, and the horse artillery in the rear of the cavalry, four squadrons of which had al. ready reached the plain at the end of the woods. In the mean while I detached two squadrons in the rear, directing them to cross the wood upon the right, and to ad. vance upon Swansberg Syllum to the bridge on the road between Horttolge and Soeder. Major Plessen, who took the command, passed the wood, which in the mean time had been cleared by the rifle corps, and some sharp-shooters of the 6th battalion, who met with little opposition, except some pla. toon firing, occasioned by several divisions of the enemy's intantry retreating out of the woods, the greatest part of whom were either taken prisoners or cut to pieces. It was at this time that lieutenant Ruedorff, of the 1st light dragoons, was dangerously wounded, toge. ther with lieutenant Jance, of the 3d light dragoons, whilst gallantly charging some infantry at the entrance of Kioge.

The cavalry of colonel Alten having passed the opening between the woods, I ordered the horse-ar. tillery to play upon a Danish column of infantry, retreating from Kioge towards the shore, which cap. tain Wetzleben executed with as much precision as effect; but a few shots were fired by the Danish ar. tillery, the same being soon silenced by the superior firing of the British. The cavalry during this had taken eighteen waggons with ammunition, arms, and accoutrements, and made a few prisoners.

The country being much intersected with high banks and ditches,

did not allow the 6th battalion and 43d to advance in line: they were obliged to cross them, by firing in divisions, before they could reach the plain before the wood, where they formed the line again. By this twe the squadron of major Plessen having crossed the wood in front of Ashy, and advanced across the plain, overtook about fifty waggons, partly den with baggage, ammunition, arms, &c. and being obliged to leave a good number of men with them and the prisoners, they greatly weakened their strength, and were necessitated to wait the arrival of the centre, under colonel Alten, whom I, after he passed Clemenhap, ordered to advance speedily upon Helfalze, where part of the Danish column of infantry had taken possession of the church-yard, colonel Alten inclined to the right with his squadrous, in order to turnthe village; and whilst the light artillery opened a fire upon thechurch, and some riflemen of the 95th assailed it in flank, he and lieutenant Schnuring, of the 2d light dragoons, rapidly advanced with 16 hussars, obliged the Danish general Oxenholm, four officers, and about 150 privates, to lay down their arms; on this occasion a corporal of the 2d light dragoons was shot, and several horses wounded. The village having been taken, the cavalry, joined by the horse-artillery, followed up their advantage, by pursuing the enemy towards Soeder, where many prisoners were made.

The infantry being unable to follow the rapid movements of the cavalry, took a position near Swansberg; and perceiving the enemy completely routed, I took the read through the wood by Fuagerod, and *1 y 3

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