example did not avail. The
Russians maintained their position with desperate courage, and,
when it became quite dark, the assault ceased.

The right column had met with equal success. It had penetrated the
intrenchments, defeated all the Russians who opposed it, and now
moved to assist the left wing.

The king, however, seeing that the Russian defences could not be
carried, by a direct assault, without great loss, gathered the army
in the space between the town and the Russian intrenchments, and
placed them in a position to repel an attack, should the Russians
take the offensive; giving orders that, at daylight, the hill on
which the enemy had their principal battery should be assaulted.
The guns here commanded all the intrenchments, and the capture of
that position would render it impossible for the Russians to
continue their defence, or for the now separated wings of the army
to combine.

The officers in command of the Russian right wing, finding
themselves unable to cross the river on their broken bridge, and
surrounded by the Swedes, sent in to surrender in the course of the
evening, and two battalions of the Swedish Guards took possession
of the post that had been so gallantly defended. The king granted
them permission to retire with their arms, the colours and
standards being given up, and the superior officers being retained
as prisoners of war.

The broken bridge was repaired and, early the next morning, the
Russian troops passed over. Their left wing was, after the
surrender of their right, in a hopeless position, for on that side
no bridge had been thrown over the river, and their retreat was
wholly cut off. On learning, before daybreak, that the right wing
had surrendered, they too sent in to ask for terms. The king
granted them freedom to return to their country, but without their
standards or arms. They filed off before him, officers and soldiers
bareheaded, and passed over the bridge, their numbers being so
great that all had not crossed until next morning.

The Russians lost over 18,000 men killed or drowned, a hundred and
forty-five cannon, and twenty-eight mortars, all of which were new,
besides vast quantities of military stores and provisions. A
hundred and fifty-one colours, and twenty standards, and the
greater proportion of their muskets, together with the military
chest, the Duke of Croy, their commander-in-chief, and the whole of
their generals, colonels, majors, and captains, fell into t