GENERAL HISTORY. 



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people who were inspired with 

 high notions of their national 

 rights. Accordingly it failed, like 

 all other addresses of the kind, and 

 the final appeal was made to the 

 sword. 



The war began with a naval ac- 

 tion. The Norwegians had sta- 

 tioned a flotilla near the Hualorn 

 islands, protected by a number of 

 batteries raised upon them. On 

 July 26th, the Swedish admiral, 

 Baron Pike, made a signal for his 

 fleet and flotilla to weigh and 

 move to the attack of the Norwe- 

 gians, but a calm prevented them 

 from reaching a proper station 

 during that day, so that the attack 

 was postponed till the following 

 morning. The Norwegian com- 

 mander, however, did not wait for 

 the event, but during the night 

 evacuated the islands in such haste, 

 that the cannon of the batteries for 

 the most part were thrown into 

 the sea ; and when day approach- 

 ed, he was seen in full retreat to 

 Frederickstadt. This success was 

 obtained by the Swedes without 

 the loss of a man. On the 27th 

 the Crown Prince put himself in 

 march with his whole army for 

 Norway. The King of Sweden, 

 who had formerly been a naval 

 commander, chose to take a per- 

 sonal part in this expedition, by 

 going on board the Great Gustavus 

 at Stromstadt. On July 30 the se- 

 cond Swedish corps iTarmce, near 

 20,000 strong, crossed the frontier 

 with very little resistance, and oc- 

 cupied two advanced posts ; and, 

 on the same day, the Crown Prince, 

 with the Duke of Sudermania, 

 made a reconnoissance into Nor- 

 way from his head-quurters at 

 Stromstad. 



It would be 



uninteresting to 



give a narrative of all the incidents 

 of this miniature campaign, which 

 would not be understood without 

 better maps than are usually met 

 with of the south-eastern part of 

 Norway; and we shall confine 

 ourselves to a notice of the more 

 important transactions. Major 

 General Gahn, who, on July 31, 

 had entered Norway, making an 

 attempt, on August 2nd, to force 

 a strong position, was driven back 

 with some loss ; and on the fol- 

 lowing day found the enemy, who 

 had taken a circuitous route, in his 

 rear, with a superior force. An 

 obstinate and sanguinary action 

 ensued, in which the Swedes 

 made good their retreat with the 

 loss of a gun, 20 baggage waggons, 

 and a considerable number of men 

 killed, wounded, and prisoners. 

 Admiral Pike having, on the 2nd of 

 August, received orders from the 

 Crown Prince to attack Kragero, 

 three bodies of troops were landed 

 upon the island, supported by gun- 

 boats and armed vessels. The Nor- 

 wegians retreated, and a battery 

 surrendered after a cannonade. 

 Frederickstadt was summoned, and 

 on refusal was attacked by the gun- 

 boats and bomb-vessels. On the 

 4th this fortress desired to capitu- 

 late, and the conditions being set- 

 tled, the Swedish troops entered it 

 and Kongsteen in the evening. 

 The garrison of 1,500 or 2,000 men 

 were not made prisoners of war, 

 but having signified their submis- 

 sion to the King of Sweden, were 

 permitted to return home. Fre- 

 derickstadt commands the passage 

 of the Glommen, and is regarded 

 as the key of Christiana. 



A bulletin, dated Aug. 11, from 

 the Swedish head-quarters, men- 

 tions other successes on their side, 



