Excerpt from A History of Sweden, Vol. 2 of 2: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Charles XII. Prepares for War against Poland - Saxon and Russian Armies - Dahlberg Defends Riga - Prepares Plan of Battle Charles Crosses the River - Routs the Saxons and Russians - Takes Possession of Livonia - Denmark, Russia and Poland Conquered in Less than One Year - Declines Terms of Peace - Augustus must be Dethroned - Political Conditions of Poland - Augustus Begs for Peace - Countess Konigsmark - Charles Advances against Augustus - Battle of Klissow - Dead and Wounded - Tactics of the Swedes in Advancing - Stenbock - Anarchy in Poland - Battle of Pultusk Thorn - Confederacy - Stanislaus Leczinski Elected King - Charles XII. Supports Him - Inactivity of Charles - Sudden Attack on Augustus - His Abdication - Peace - Patkul's Trial and Execution Justification Therefor - Russia's Advance in Finland - The Swed ish Army Opposing - Charles XII. At the Height of Power - His Am bitiou for Military Glory - The Last of the Varangians - His Few Wants - March on Russia - Charles' Generals - His Plans - Battle of Halovzin - Advance on Moscow - Charles Marches into Ukraine Mazeppa and His Adventures - The Czar and Charles XII. Meet at Pultava - The Battle - The Castastrophe - Escape of Charles - s Army Perished or Prisoners - 78v1ii.
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