point at which it
might give way, the Scotch had taken but a small share in the
fighting, and had but thirty men killed and wounded by the shot and
bullets that passed over the heads of the fighting line.

The captain of one of the companies was among those killed, and
Charlie, who had, since he rejoined the regiment, been doing duty
as lieutenant, now took the vacant place.

The army still advanced. Augustus sent in several proposals for
peace, but these were all rejected. The Saxons had speedily rallied
after the battle, but were not in a position to oppose the advance
of the victorious Swedes, who occupied Cracow without meeting with
any resistance. Seeing that Augustus would not be strong enough to
hazard another pitched battle, Charles had, on the morning after
the victory, ordered three of his regiments, of which Jamieson's
was one, to march with all speed to reinforce Major General
Schlippenbach, who had sent an urgent request for aid, as he heard
that the Russian army, fifty thousand strong, was preparing to
cross the frontier; and as he had but six thousand, he could not
hope to oppose their advance successfully.

As the king's orders enjoined the troops to march with the greatest
possible speed, they performed the journey back to Warsaw in four
days, although the distance exceeded a hundred miles. Mounted
messengers had been sent on before them, and, on reaching the town,
they found boats already prepared to take them down the river to
Danzic, where orders had already been sent for ships to be in
readiness to convey them to Revel. The fatigues since the campaign
opened had been severe, and the troops all enjoyed the long days of
rest, while the craft that conveyed them dropped quietly down the
Vistula. Then came the short sea passage.

On their arrival at Revel, bad news met them. They had come too
late. On the 16th of July the Russian army had passed the frontier,
and the Swedes had tried to oppose them at the passage of the river
Embach; but the water was low, from the effects of a long drought,
and the Russians were enabled to ford it at several points. The
Swedes fell upon those who first crossed, and for two hours
repulsed their attacks, obtaining at some points considerable
advantage, and capturing some guns, but, as fresh reinforcements
poured across the river, the tide of battle turned. The Russian
cavalry drove back the Swedish horse, who, as they retreated, rode
through the infantry and threw t