96 A JACOBITE EXILE

turn 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 the hands of the
Swedes as prisoners of war. ‘The total loss in killed and
wounded of the Swedes was under two thousand, the chief
loss being due to the desperate resistance of the Russians
after the battle was irretrievably lost.

It may be doubted whether so complete and surprising
a victory between armies so disproportionate in force was
ever before gained.

The king had exposed himself throughout the day
most recklessly, and was everywhere in the thick of the
Russian bullets, and yet he escaped without so much as a
scratch. ‘The Malmoe Regiment had been with the left
wing, but suffered comparatively little loss, as they were
one of the last to enter the intrenchments, and it was
only when darkness was closing in that they were called up
to take a part in the attack on the position held by the
Russians.

“Never was the saying that fortune favours the brave
more signally verified, Jervoise,’”” Major Jamieson said as
he sat down to a rough breakfast with the officers of the
Scottish company on the morning after the Russian sur-
render.

“'That’s true enough, but Russians are brave too, as they
showed at the end of the day. I fancy you have a Scotch