The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-17

ea.sos Of artillery aad oshsr ssxnAis Of
-etoscs1g
Already the king Of Sweden forn. him
se1 tie victim Of his cwn snpradenceL He
moved into the Ukraine unaer the pSrxua-
ssoos OK the celebrated hetnan. Nasspyz.
,mmosta1cd In Byron's poem But TIE
inhabitants Of the Ukraine did not rise Ia
iAsos OF the SwetcA and Aaseppa him
sell became . fugitive ana had great dsf.i-
ca.iy IN getfing tie remnant OF his forces
UNITED with those o. Charles on the Dnisp-
e II the dreadful winter OF I7aS-s Already
the same scenes were enacted in the Svesf-
isn camp As were 20 be witnessed On a
larger scale IN the French campaign Of
81 TIE same horrcrs were repeated
TIE swedes began 10 freese 70 death. The
Crows shAs would have eaten them wers
fsozen dead on their bodies
With the opening Of spr.nx. r.cs. the
car followed his antagonist II was new
me eoaniercharge. Baturtn. the capital OF
Aa1eipas retfnauAte. was taken Charles
eos ainsaf TO the town o. Poisova and
mere awaited the ARRIVAL OF the Turks
ana Poles. who were never 10 coma In
June, IFS, the car. with eaooc men. pro
tscted By fntrenchnsnts, offered himself
tos battle The Swedes we're by this time
.eauoed 70 fewer than sa.oo. and these
we're weakened BY suffering and privation
70 the point Of exhaustion Only the fares
OF the Morse Saxas still famed in the
breast OF Charles and warmed his soidsery.
refer had seyenty-two cannon and Charles
only four. Meanwhile the Swedish kinx.
wounded In the heel. had been sub1scted
TO severe surgical operation. % that he
could not ride on horseback He ordered
himself TO be put on litter en- the day OF
oatue and drawn from place to place. &C.
corning TO the exigency of the night.
The battle of pofravn A. nr> A.
nous conflicts Of history. The qualities
Q. the car came out In his address TO
MS soldiers. He sad: The moment Il
come The future OF our country Is TO bs
decided You must not say 1t il for Peter
we light No. II Is for the empire con-
nded TO Peter. 1t Is for Russia. 1t IL for
the orthodox faith. for the church Of God
As Tor Peter, know that he IL ready to
sacrifice his life for q glorious and pros
Porous future Tor Russia"
me battle was begun by the Swedea.
Toey rushed to the attack with the fury
Oh maamen and took two redoubss. Tho
car and the king were both in the midst
OF the melee Peter had his hat shot
.nroQgn. and Mensh.kof had three horses
Killed under him. The Swedes fought like
tne men OF Thor. but their savage onse,
could not avail Menshikof. in the whirl
OF the lines, got on the Swedish rear and
planted himself between the main hodv
and their camp. The Russian artillery
nre In front swept down everything. The
horses OF Charles litter were killed, and
MS halnerdlers carried him hither ana
son according to his orders until OF the
twenty-four all but three were shot down.
Al length disorder ensued, and the
swedes fed. Charles himself being forced
away with the stream OF fugitives It was
oniy oy the strenuous exertions OF Maxnp-
pa and PonSatowski that he was carried
as Tar as the Dnieper on his way TO the
oominions OF the sultan. There for three
years he continued his intrigue, hoping
TO combine the Ottoman power with HIS
own and still overwhelm his enemy. Rut
the EFFORT was In vain. Nor need We fol-
low further ''the last of the yariagi' on
his decline and through the scenes OF his
Illumination until he was struck down at
last by a random shot from an unknown
hand far away before the walls Of his own
town Of Frederickshaid
JOHN CLARK RIDPATH