Alexander Gordon

The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia. to Which is Prefixed, a Short General History of the Country, from the Rise of That Monarchy: and a Alexander Gordon

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1755 edition. Excerpt: ... Major-general Bower to command in Cotir-Boo K land, and Marshal Sheremetofs in Livonia, VI. he marched himself towards Grodno, which w; place he caused fortify; as also Tycozin, where he established magazines with provisions of all kinds. His party gained several advantages over the Swedes and Stanis laites, and took possession of several advantageous posts towards Warsaw, by which means he became master of all Lithuania; The Czar which occasioned the confederacy of War-TMaster of saw falsely to give out that the Czar design-nialua" ed to annex these countries to the Ruffian empire, endeavouring thereby to draw off the senators from the confederacy of Sandomir, to join them, and to stand (as they expressed it) in defence of their country, against the invaders of it. The Cossacks under their Hettman, Mazepa, who by this time was in good understanding with the King of Sweden, took possession of Zamoije, &c. King Augustus had got together in Saxony, an army of about twelve thousand men; but judging it impracticable to march them into To/and, he left Dresden incognito, accompanied only by three persons, and passed through Dantzick about the end of October; thence by the Frischaff to Koningsherg, and from thence to Tycozin, an advantageous post occupied by the Ruffians. On his ar Book rival, he not only wrote to the Czar, but VI. also to all in his interest: from Tycoz'm, he yv-' went to Grodno, and from that to the Ruspustus " ftan armv where the Czar rode out to meet meets the him. After the usual compliments, his Czar. Czarifh majesty presented the King with six standards, being a part of thirteen, the Ruffians had taken from the Swedes at the bridge of Traog on the Vistula. King Augufius a little after his arrival instituted the...