Sujet

The War in Denmark: rear view of the Düppel position, from the Church Battery, Sonderburg, 1864. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The War in Denmark from a sketch by our special artist: rear view of the Düppel position, from the Church Battery, Sonderburg, 1864. 'We are indebted to a gentleman who was the other day at Sonderburg for the sketch...It is a view of the Hill of Düppel, seen from the Church Battery in the town of Sonderburg, close to the shore of the Alsen Strait. The aspect of this place must, of course, have been greatly changed by the events of the last few days, which have put the Prussians in possession of the whole of the Düppel shore. At the time when the sketch was taken the eastward or Sonderburg face of the hill showed, as in our Engraving, the tents and huts of the Danish soldiers, in the open fields on each side of the steep straight road which leads up to the summit. The windmill had not yet been knocked down; the redoubts along the westward brow of the hill were still occupied by their brave defenders; the two bridges of boats, which are seen in the foreground, still connected that fortified position on the mainland with the Isle of Alsen. All we can say about it now is Düppel fuit [Düppel was]'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM24A26_012

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18,9Mo (1,6Mo) / 33,1cm x 14,3cm / 3915 x 1684 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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