It was on March 30th, 1801, that Nelson's squadron came to anchor between the island of Huen and Copenhagen. On the morning of April 2nd he shifted his flag from the _St. George_ to the _Elephant_, placed his ships in order of battle and gave the signal to advance. Then came a check. Two vessels, the _Bellona_ and _Russell_, grounded, {27} and although they could use their guns, they were too crippled to be of much use. Nelson's ship followed, and when he saw them ground and realized that he had lost their support he hailed the _Ganges_ on which was the 49th Regiment and told it to keep as close as possible ahead of the _Elephant_. Colonel Brock was now ordered to lead the 49th in storming the principal battery in conjunction with five hundred seamen under Captain Freemantle of the _Ganges_, as soon as the fire of seventy guns should be silenced. [Sidenote: A narrow escape] The Danes made a heroic defence, and the plan of assault with small boats being impracticable, Brock and his men remained on board the _Ganges_. Savery Brock was with him, and while in the act of pointing one of the guns a grape shot tore his hat from his head and threw him on his back. "Poor Savery is killed," his brother exclaimed, but the apparently wounded youth jumped up, rubbed his head, and fired the gun as if nothing had happened. In the early part of the action, when it was expected that the 49th would land to storm the batteries, Savery had announced his intention of going in the boat with his brother, who, knowing the hopeless character of the attempt to be made, insisted on his remaining on board, observing, "Is it not enough that one brother should be killed?" The captain of the _Ganges_ then gave Savery command of the gun and his narrow escape put an end to the discussion, {28}