Preliminary History; An English Fleet Under Sir Hyde Parker and
Lord Nelson Ordered to the Cattegat; A Commissioner Empowered to
Offer Peace or War Accompanies Them; Denmark Repels Their
Insulting _Ultimatum_ and Prepares for Defence; Strength of the
English Fleet; They Attempt to Force the Passage of the Sound,
and the Battle Begins; Early Incidents; Difficulties of the Large
English Vessels in Entering the Shallow Waters; Strength of the
Danish Fleet and Shore Batteries; Sir Hyde Parker Makes Signal to
Withdraw; Lord Nelson Disobeys and Keeps up the Fight; The Danish
Adjutant General Finally Appears and an Armistice is Agreed Upon;
A Characteristic Action of Lord Nelson; Death of the Emperor Paul,
of Russia; Second Attack on Copenhagen, 1807; Observations
Concerning England’s Conduct; A Powerful English Fleet Appears in
the Sound; The Crown Prince Rejects England’s Humiliating
Proposals; Copenhagen Bombarded and Set on Fire; Final Surrender;
Plunder by the English. I-331