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War with Denmark 191
moment to find open places in the sea." At noon the
forces reached the eastern coast of the island of Lange-
land. Before them they could see only a waste sheet of
snow and ice ; for the channel between Langeland and
Laland is fourteen miles wide. But no rest. Like a dark,
curling line appeared the marching army across the
snow. At the head rode Eric Dahlberg showing the
way. By and by a bluish line appeared in the east. It
was Inland. By dusk the army again reached land.
From there the march was rapid across Laland and
Falster to Seeland’s southern point. Thus was com-
pleted this exploit, which has no parallel in all history,
vying in boldness with Hannibal’s and Napoleon’s
crossing the Alps.
The Treaty of Roskilde. The fortifications of Copen-
hagen had fallen into decay, the garrison was insuffi-
cient, and the people were paralyzed with fear, Den-
mark’s fate was sealed. By the Treaty of Roskilde, 1658,
Sweden acquired from Denmark Sk&ne, Blekinge, and
Bornholm ; from Norway Bohuslan and the province of
Trondhjem. By its two attacks on Denmark from the
German side Sweden proper had acquired natural
boundaries and its largest extent of territory.
Denmark was considerably weakened by these losses.
In Skane she lost one of her chief parts, the home of
her mightiest peasants and her most celebrated nobil-
ity.
D. THE SECOND WAR WITH DENMARK, 1658-1660
Cause of the War. A stipulation in the Treaty of
Roskilde provided that Sweden and Denmark should
jointly exclude all hostile fleets from the Baltic. But
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