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of the town, and a howitzer-battery on the hilly laud 

 on the northern shore of the harbour. 



Neither Friedrichsort nor Eckernforde came into 

 serious action in this campaign, but in the following 

 year the batteries set up by me at Eckernforde acquired 

 renown by their victorious struggle with a Danish 

 squadron, in which the line-of-battle ship Christian VIII. 

 was set on fire and the frigate Gefion placed hors 

 de combat and captured. 



After the completion of the fortification of Fried- 

 richsort and the batteries at Eckernforde my activity 

 began to be somewhat monotonous. It was mainly 

 confined to the watching of the enemy's blockade-ship 

 lying before Friedrichsort. and the control of the 

 shipping passing the harbour -entrance. The military 

 commander of Kiel had forbidden the departure of 

 trading- vessels without special permission, and had 

 given the marine battery Friedrichsort orders in case 

 of need to prevent it by force. This led to a small 

 military engagement, which brought a little variety 

 into our monotonous life. 



One evening I crossed in the commander's boat 

 the entrance of the harbour, to visit the Laboe battery 

 which I had erected on the opposite shore, when a 

 Dutch bark in full sail came towards me. with the 

 manifest intention of leaving the harbour without giving 

 the prescribed notification. I called to the captain to 

 lie to and report himself, otherwise he would be fired on 

 by the fort. The Dutchman and his wife, who appeared 

 to compose the whole crew, did not however take my 



