o remain faithful to the king of Prussia, their lawful sovereign, under
pain of incurring his just indignation, and absolutely forbidding them
to pay any regard to the Swedish manifesto.

In the meantime, maresehal Lehwald, immediately after the battle of
Norkitten, when the Russians began their retreat, detached prince George
of Holstein-Got-torp, with a considerable body of forces, to the relief
of Pomerania; and, shortly after, the Russian forces having totally
evacuated every part of Prussia, except Memel, and most of them
being actually gone into winter-quarters, he himself followed with an
additional reinforcement of sixteen thousand men. Upon his approach, the
Swedes, who were then encamped at Ferdinandshoff, and had begun to fill
up the harbour of Swinnemunde, by way of previous preparation for the
siege of Stetin, retired with such precipitation, that they did not
allow themselves time to draw off a little garrison they had at Wollin,
consisting of two hundred and ten men, who were made prisoners of war.
Dem-min was cannonaded by the Prussians on the twenty-ninth of December;
and the Swedes having lost one officer and forty men, desired to
capitulate. As, in order to ease the troops, it was not thought proper
to continue the siege in so sharp a season, their request was granted,
and they had leave to retire with two pieces of cannon. The Prussians
took possession of the town on the second day of January, after the
Swedes had, on the thirtieth of December, likewise given up Anclam,
where the conquerors took an hundred and fifty prisoners, and found a
considerable magazine of provisions and ammunition. Maresehal Lehwald
then passed the Pene, entered Swedish Pomerania, and reduced Gutzkow,
Loitz, Tripsus, and Nebringen. At the same time, lieutenant-general
Schorlemmer passed with his corps from the isle of Wollin into the isle
of Usedom, and from thence to Wolgast, the Swedes having abandoned this
town, as well as Schwinemunde, and the fort of Penemunde. The prince
of Holstein advanced as far as Grimm and Grieffwalde, and the Swedes,
losing one town after another, till they had nothing left in Pomerania
but the port of Stralsund, continued retreating till they had reached
this last place. The French party in Sweden, to comfort the people,
called this retreat, or rather flight, going into winter-quarters. The
Prussian hussars were not idle wherever they penetrated; for, besides
plundering and pillaging, they raised