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FEB. 20, 1864THE CAMPAIGN IN SCHLESWIG.I'OMI ION OK Till? A ItMIKS.Tin; greater part of tlio Danish at my has taken tofugn at Dupjn,!and in this Island of Alsen, to which they who followed by ihu Austro I’lUBsian forces, whilo another pi rtion of t.he Dnnort havo rotirod into Jutland. A hlruggic for tho possession of Iiiiyrpt-1 1H about to conimoncc ; but it is boliovcd that a regular tiogo will he necessary boforo tho position can bo taken, if it is taken nt all Tho lighting for tho last fow days has been cotilined to skiriuiHhcp botweon tho Danish roar guard and reconnoitring parlies of (ho Prussians, who are, by special arrangement, allowed to form thovan of tho Austro-Prussian army. Tho Austrian hcad-lt;juarters wero at Aponrado and thoso of tho Prussians at Gravenstein,littlo to tho south of Diippel. A report from Ueuoral uu Duttichau, tho new Commandor of tho Dunisii army, has boon published in Copenhagen. In this report tho General says “that during two days and two nights tho Danish troops had to atrugglo in tho midst of snow and ico, during tho whole course of their rotreat against forces three times more numorous. Extenuated by futigtjp, but still unbroken, tho Danish battalions, to tho number of fourteen, were able to loach thohoiuhte of Duppel, and thenco, for a corf.ain number, tho Island of A Ison. I'niortunatoly, a body of .)0UU infantry and throo rogimenU of cavalry, who wero separated fur sovcial days from tho mam urmy, wero obligod to proceed northwardo towards Jutland, constantly pursued by the enemy. They succeeded, howovor in crossing tholiivcr Kieaigoau, and escupod from tho attacks of tho invading troops.” At Diippel and on tho Island of Alson thero aro nearly HO,000 Danish troops. Tho narrowest point of tho arm of tho sea separating Alson from tho main land lies between the village of Diippol, on tho peninsular side of tho strait, and tho town of Bonder-buig on tho island. A bridgo of boats connects the two sides of tho strait, which aro not rnoio than 300 paces across. On the westoi n side of Diippel tho Danes havo two oarthworbsof immenso strength and bustling with guns of position. The number of cannon mounted upon these works is not accurately known, but is genoially admitted to io very largo. The guns in question woro mostly brought from llendsburg before tho Danes gave up that fortress to tho troops of the Bund. Tho works at Duppel command not only tho terrain and approaches westward on tho main land, including the chausere, or hign road from Elonsburg, but also tho straits and tho opposite shore on tho island.By the latest accounts received it appears that tho Danos aro determined not only to refuse to ontiroly evacuato the duchy of Bchleswig, but to endeavour to reconquer it. Their ships of war aro daily hovering about the coast, ana thero is a probability that an attempt will bo made to retake Flensburg or somo other town. Tho tlower of tho Danish troops aro posted on tho Diippel heights and at other placoe. Tho allies, howevor, know that Alsen must be taken before they can be mastors of all Bchleswig, and therolore havo made ovory preparation for luying vigorous siege to tho place. Tho large island of l'omera, which belongs to Bchleswig, is to bo ocoupied by the allies. It was anticipated that an attack would bo maae for the purpose of compelling the Danes to retire under the protection of their works. The duty of attacking these positions devolves on Princo Frederick Charles. On the 11th inst. a force estimated at about 10,ODD men passed through Flensburg. Tho Austrian corps and the combinod lruseian Guard division passed through Apenrado on Sunday last and, as these troops had thus advanced so far northward, it was ovon anticipated that the boundary of Jutlund would be crossed, though later accounts tend to throw doubt on this statement.The district around Gravenstein and Duppel, which is now so strongly occupied with the allied troops, is very fertilo and thickly populated. The Sundewitt projects into the Baltic, and forms tho peninsular counterpart of the Island of Alsen, from wliioh it is separated by the Alsen Bound, and with which it is connected behind thoDiippel heights by two bridges, eaoh of which is about oOO paces long. 1'Ka nlM(f io A -...I .v» . *----- Ml .. . •.. The strait is deep, and the stream tuns so rapidly that it scarcely ever freezes.THE UOAD liKTWEBN SC1LLESWIU AND K1.KNSBURO.A correspondent thus describes the road betweon Bchleswig and Flensburg, along which he passed in order to reach tho German
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