- Two Aid-De-Camps Were Killed Within His Presence, His Own
Horse Was Shot Under Him, And As An Equerry Was Presenting Him With
Another, Both Horse And Man Was Struck Dead In The Same Moment.
- Horatio
immediately alighted in order to mount the king, who now on foot behaved
with incredible valour, in that action was surrounded and taken
prisoner, as were several others that had fought near his person.
He had
the satisfaction, however, while they were disarming and tying his
hands, to see colonel Dardoff with his regiment force thro' the
Calmucks, and arrive timely enough to disengage the king, after which
the army recovering its rank, and pouring in upon the enemy, he was not
without hopes of regaining his liberty; but he was sat upon a horse and
bound fast to the saddle, and compelled, with the others that were taken
with him, to accompany the Muscovites in their flight, so was ignorant
in what manner this re-encounter ended. Soon after repairing to the
czar's quarters, these unfortunate officers of the king of Sweden were,
with some others who had before become their prize, sent under a strong
guard to Petersburgh, and thrown altogether into a miserable dungeon.
It would be impossible to describe the horrors of this place: - light
there was, but it was only so much as just served to shew to each of
these unhappy sufferers the common calamity of them all. - The roof was
arched indeed, but so low, that the shortest among them could scarce
stand upright:
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