INDEX

Achmet III, Emperor of the Turks, [187];
receives letter from Charles XII, [188];
treats the king as an honourable prisoner, [189-196];
decides on war against Russia, [211];
imprisons Russian ambassador, ib.;
his letter to Charles XII offering to send him home with an
escort, [235], [236];
Sultan again declares war against Russia, [239];
again makes peace, [241];
sends money and directions for the King of Sweden’s departure, [244], [245];
sends peremptory orders to him to leave his territory, [251];
sends orders to put all the Swedes to the sword and not to spare
the king’s life, [254];
sends troops to attack the king’s house, [255];
reads the petition presented him by de Villelongue, [276];
interviews him in disguise, [276], [277];
he banishes the Kan of Tartary and the Pasha of Bender, [277];
his farewell presents to Charles XII, [287]
Alberoni, Cardinal, his dealings in Spain, [319];
sides with the Pretender, [325]
Altena, burnt by General Steinbock, [282];
terrible suffering of the inhabitants, [282], [283]
Altranstadt, peace concluded at, [130]
Anne, Queen of England, concludes treaty at the Hague, [203];
her death, [293]
Augustus, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, [17],19, [20];
concludes treaty with Peter the Great against Sweden, [34];
besieges Riga, [46];
meeting with Peter the Great at Brizen, [58];
intrigues against, by opposing parties, [70-72];
forced to flee, [77];
endeavours to collect troops, [78], [79];
his army defeated at Clissau, [81];
at Pultask, [85];
withdraws to Thorn, [85];
is declared by the Assembly incapable of wearing the crown, [90];
his narrow escape of being captured, [91];
advances on Warsaw, [101];
victorious entry into, [102];
finally forced to retreat from Poland, [106];
is sent for by Peter the Great to conference at Grodno, [113];
arrests Patkul, ib.;
shut up in Cracow, the last town left him, [117];
writes to Charles XII asking for peace, [120];
his victory over the Swedes, [123];
enters Warsaw in triumph, ib.;
accepts Charles XII’s terms of peace, [124];
his meeting with, at Gutersdorf, [124], [125];
is forced to write a letter of congratulation to Stanislas, [125], [126];
and to give up his prisoners, [126];
returns to Poland after battle of Pultawa, [200];
his embassy to the Sultan, [239];
insists on Charles XII being sent away, [241];
his restoration to the Crown of Poland, [294];
his people force him to submit to the Pacta Conventa, [294]
Azov, surrendered to the Porte, [224], [235]
Baltagi Mahomet, Pasha of Syria, made Grand Vizir, [210];
has orders to attack the Russians, [211];
his answer to the Czar’s letter suing for peace, [222], [223];
his terms, [223], [224];
concludes a treaty of peace with the Czar, [224], [225];
his efforts to force Charles XII to depart from Bender, [229], [230];
cuts off the king’s supplies, [231];
Poniatowski plots against him, [232];
his lieutenant is executed and he himself exiled, [233];
his death, ib.
Bender, Governor of, handsome reception of Charles XII by, [183]
Borysthenes, escape of Charles XII and his troops to, after
Pultawa, [175], [176];
troops drowned while attempting to cross, [177]
Calish, victory at, [122], [123];
Peter the Great’s commemoration of, [133]
Calmouks, their country, [154];
detachment of, in Russian army, Charles XII’s narrow escape
from, [154], [155]
Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia, forgets benefits received from
the Porte, and makes treaty with the Czar, [216]
Catherine, wife of Peter the Great, her early history, [220-222];
persuades the Czar to sue the Grand Vizir for peace, [222]
Charles XI abolishes the authority of the Senate, [10];
his character, ib.;
his marriage, ib.;
death of his wife, [13];
his cruelty to her and oppression of the people, ib.;
his death, ib.
Charles XII, his birth, early education, tastes and character, [11], [12];
anecdotes of, [12];
his accession, [13], [14];
takes the reins of power into his own hands, [15], [16];
his coronation, [16], [17];
sudden transformation of his character, [37], [38];
begins war with Russia and its allies, [39];
his skill and courage, [40], [41];
his first success in arms, [43], [44];
concludes the war with Denmark, [46];
his victory at Narva over 80,000 Russians, [49-54];
war vessels constructed by, [59];
his artifice to hide his movements, [59];
defeats the Saxons and enters Birzen, [60], [61];
his further successes against the King of Poland, [73];
refuses to see the Countess of Königsmarck, [75];
receives the embassy of the Polish State, [76];
arrives before Warsaw, [79];
his interview with Cardinal Radjouski, [80];
his victory at Clissau, [81];
enters Cracow, [82];
his accident and false report of his death, [82];
his success at Pultask, [85];
his indifference to danger, [86];
besieges Thorn, [89];
resists temptation of seizing the throne of Poland, [92];
offers it to Alexander Sobiesky, ib.;
receives Stanislas Leczinski and nominates him King of Poland, [97], [98];
takes Leopold by assault, [100];
joins Stanislas against
Augustus, [103];
his continual success, ib.;
his pursuit of Schullemburg, [105], [106];
his preparations for the coronation of Stanislas, [108];
present incognito at the ceremony, [110];
defeats Russian troops, [114], [115];
massacres his prisoners, [117];
enters Saxony, ib.;
visits the field of Lutzen, [118];
levies money and food from the Saxons, [118], [119];
his method for enforcing good behaviour on his troops, and their severe
discipline, [119];
anecdote of, and soldier, [119], [120];
his absolute rule in Saxony, [120];
terms of peace offered by him to Augustus, [121];
his troops defeated by the Russians, [123];
account of his interview with Augustus at Gutersdorf, [124], [125];
his cruel sentence on Patkul, [127];
receives ambassadors from all parts, [135];
Duke of Marlborough’s interview with, [135-137];
his determination to dethrone the Czar, [137], [138];
his exorbitant demands on the Emperor of Germany, [138-140];
sends officers to Asia and Egypt to report on their strength, [141];
magnificence of his plans, ib.;
continues his hardy mode of life, ib.;
account of his visit to Augustus in Dresden, [142], [143];
alarm of his officers, [143], [144];
leaves Saxony to pursue the Czar, [147];
receives Turkish ambassador, [148];
starts in search of the Russians, [149];
enters Grodno, ib.;
arrives at the river Berezine, [151];
his stratagem, ib.;
leads his forces on foot and wins gloriously at Borysthenes, [152];
his haughty answer to the Czar, [153];
his narrow escape from detachment of Calmouks, [154], [155];
leaves the Moscow road and turns south towards Ukrania, [156];
his secret league with Mazeppa, [158];
terrible difficulties and hardships of his march, [159];
Mazeppa reaches him with only a few men left, [160];
is cut off from communication with Poland without provisions, [163];
extreme cold destroys a part of
his army, ib.;
miserable condition of his soldiers, ib.;
anecdote of, [164];
receives supplies from Mazeppa, [165];
advances on Pultawa, [166];
is wounded, [168];
battle of Pultawa, [169-175];
his retreat and escape, [175], [176];
his dangerous condition, [176], [177];
finally reaches the river Hippias, [181];
his narrow escape from the Russians, [182];
some of his troops captured, ib.;
handsomely received by the Commander of Bender, [183];
his letter to Achmet III, [188];
his journey across the desert to Bender, [190];
his life and occupation at, [192], [193];
his anger and disappointment at his treatment by the Porte, [194], [195];
angrily rejects the Sultan’s present, [196];
advice and money given him by new Grand Vizir, [198];
clings to the hope of rousing the Turks to declare war against
Russia, [199];
contrast of, with Peter the Great, [201], [202];
his numerous enemies, ib.;
starts to join the Vizir against the Russians, [218];
his rage at finding the treaty between the Vizir and the Czar
concluded, [225], [226];
rides back to Bender in despair, [226];
builds himself a large stone house at Bender, [229];
Baltagi’s efforts to force him to depart, [229], [230];
the king agrees only on condition of the Vizir’s punishment, [231];
his supplies cut off, ib.;
finds difficulty in borrowing money, [231], [232];
petitions the Porte to send him home with large army, [235];
letter from Achmet to, [235], [236];
refuses to go without an army, [241];
his courier seizes letter from General Fleming to the Tartars, [242];
the Sultan sends money and directions for his departure, [244], [245];
his letters to Sultan intercepted, [245];
refuses to listen to reason or to move, [250];
his supplies cut off, ib.;
barricades his house, [251];
prepares for assault, [255];
refuses all advice and offers of mediation, [253], [254], [257], [258];
his courage, [260];
defends his house
with only forty followers against the Turkish forces, [261];
his house set on fire by assailants, [262];
his coolness, [263];
he and his followers make a sally, and are taken prisoners, [264];
his reception by the Pasha, [265];
his chancellor and officers made slaves, [268];
retains his natural and gentle manner even in calamity, ib.;
is taken in a chariot to Adrianople, [269];
his officers redeemed by Jeffreys and La Mottraye, ib.;
has a sword given him, ib.;
is angry at hearing of the abdication of Stanislas, [271];
hears that Stanislas is a prisoner a few miles away, and sends
Fabricius to him, [272];
is removed to the castle of Demirtash, [278];
is allowed to reside at Demotica, [279];
stays in bed for ten months, [279], [280];
hears of the wreck of his foreign dominions, [280];
is taken ill, [284];
receives dispatches from his sister, [285];
sends arrogant message to the Senate in Sweden, ib.;
determines to leave and return home, ib.;
he borrows money to provide a Swedish Embassy to Constantinople, [286];
receives presents from the Sultan before leaving, [287];
his journey, [287], [288];
preparations made for his entertainment in Germany, [289];
disguises himself and with one officer rides for sixteen days till
he reaches Stralsund, [291];
the loss of his dominions, [294], [295];
is besieged in Stralsund, [304-311];
his escape, [311], [312];
spends a day with his sister, [312];
raises money and recruits, [312], [313];
invades Norway, [313];
advances to Christiania, [318];
hears of Gortz and Gyllemburg being seized, [322];
enters Norway again and besieges Fredericshall, [330];
his soldiers die of cold, ib.;
his extraordinary powers of endurance and constitution, [330], [331];
his death, [332];
description of, [334];
his religious views, [335];
his hat in which he was killed preserved at Stockholm, [337]
Charles Gustavus, invades Poland, [10];
his conquests, ib.;
endeavours to establish absolutism, ib.;
his death, ib.
Charlotte, wife of Stanislas, crowned Queen of Poland, [110]
Chourlouli, Grand Vizir, breaks his promise of help to Charles XII, [194];
Poniatowski plots against, [195];
the Sultan’s favourite helps towards his downfall, [198];
is dismissed and banished, ib.
Christian II, King of Denmark, [6];
driven from Sweden by Gustavus Vasa, [8]
Christian III, King of Denmark, makes arrangement with his brother
concerning the Duchies of Holstein and Sleswick, [18]
Christine, Queen of Sweden, her character, [9];
her resignation, [9], [10]
Clement XI threatens excommunication to those who assist at coronation
of Stanislas, [107]
Clergy forbidden by King of Sweden to take part in politics, [108]
Clissau, victory of Swedes at, [81]
Constantinople, its position as the centre of Christendom, [234];
Swedish and Russian factions at, [234];
bad policy of the Porte, [237]
Copenhagen, Charles XII’s success at, [43], [44]
Coumourgi-Ali-Pasha, favourite of the Sultan, his history, [197];
plots downfall of Grand Vizir, [197], [198];
secretly protects the Russian cause, [238], [239];
his plans, [240];
his intrigues, [277], [278];
made Grand Vizir, [284]
Cracow, Charles XII, entry of, [82]
Criminals, Turkish law concerning, [199]
Danes, attacked by Steinbock and his raw recruits, [207], [208];
cut to pieces by, [208]
Dantzig, punishment of, by Charles XII’s troops, [88]
Delecarlia sends deputation to Regency at Stockholm offering to go and
rescue the king, [209]
Demotica, Charles XII’s residence at, [278] ff.
Diet, held in Poland and Lithuania, description of, [64];
duties of, [65];
summoned to meet at Warsaw, [70];
factions in, [70], [71];
breaks up in disorder, [73];
assembled by Charles XII, [83];
by Peter the Great at Leopold, and Lubin, [132], [133]
Dresden, visit of Charles XII to Augustus at, [142], [143]
Edwiga Eleanora of Holstein, wife of Charles X, her regency, [14-16]
Elbing, entered by Charles XII, [89]
England, her neutral pose, [234];
secretly favours the Czar, ib.;
alliance of, with the Porte, [234], [235]
Europe, state of, at the period of Charles XII’s return to his
country, [292] ff.
Fabricius, envoy of Holstein, [251];
is persuaded of the integrity of the Kan and the Pasha, [252];
is anxious to mediate for Charles XII, but king receives him coldly, [253];
he makes a last effort to save the king, [254];
is overcome at seeing the king a prisoner and with rent clothes, [268];
undertakes to ransom the prisoners, [269]
Ferdinand IV, King of Denmark, [17];
attacked and defeated by Charles XII, [40-46];
treaty with, [46], [87];
renews his claim to Holstein, [202]
Fleming, General, minister of King Augustus, his correspondence with the
Kan of Tartary, [242];
letter of his seized by Charles XII’s courier, [242]
Frauenstadt, battle of, [115], [116]
Frederic, Prince of Hesse-Cassel, Charles XII marries his sister to, [301];
accompanies his brother-in-law in his expedition into Norway, [314]
Fredericshall, besieged by Charles XII, [330];
death of king at, [332];
the siege raised, [336]
French, regiment of, taken prisoners by Saxon troops, [116];
enter service of King of Sweden, [117];
further notice of, [331]
Germany, its position at the beginning of 18th century, [203];
Princes of, conclude treaty of the Hague, ib.
Gortz, Baron, Charles XII’s premier, great scheme of, [314], [316];
the Czar approves of it, [317];
sends secretly to interview representatives of Pretender’s party, [320];
his intrigues discovered, and is arrested at the Hague, [321], [322];
is set at liberty, [325];
his efforts to effect a peace between the Czar and Charles XII, [326];
hatred of Swedes towards, [327], [328];
seized after the king’s death and beheaded, [336], [337]
Grodno, conference between Peter the Great and Augustus at, [113];
result of, ib.;
Charles XII enters town in pursuit of Czar, [149]
Grothusen, Charles XII’s treasurer, gets possession by false
assurances of the money sent by the Sultan, [246];
goes out alone to address the janissaries sent to take the
King of Sweden, [256];
is taken prisoner and ransomed by the Pasha, [269];
accompanies the king to Adrianople, [269];
with him at Demotica, [280];
sent as ambassador extraordinary to the Sultan, [286];
fails to borrow money from the Porte, ib.;
killed at siege of Stralsund, [308]
Gustavus Adolphus, his conquests, [8], [9];
his death, [9]
Gustavus Vasa, [7];
his deliverance of Sweden from King Christian and the bishops, [8];
introduces Lutheranism, ib.;
his death, ib.
Gyllemburg, Count, Swedish ambassador, conspires with Baron Gortz,
and is arrested in London, [320], [322];
set at liberty, [325]
Hague, the, treaty of, [203]
Holland, States of, conclude treaty of the Hague, [203];
neutral pose of, [234];
secretly support the Czar, ib.;
alliance of, with the Porte, [234], [235]
Holstein, Duchess of, sister of Charles XII, dies of small-pox, [164]
Holstein, Duchy of, [18];
its struggle with Denmark, [18], [19];
cause of, supported by Charles XII, [46];
renewed claim of Denmark to, [202]
Ibrahim Molla, elected Grand Vizir, [279];
his history, ib.;
plans to make war with the Russians, ib.;
is pressed to death between two doors, [284]
Ishmael, Pasha of Bender, sent to acquaint King of Sweden with the
Sultan’s resolve that he must quit his territories, [241];
receives letter and money from the Sultan enforcing his orders, [244];
his fear and trouble on finding Grothusen had deceived him, [247];
his further interview with the king and angry departure, [249], [250];
shuts off king’s supplies, [250];
allows three days’ grace before the janissaries assault the
king’s house, [257];
offers prize to those who can take the king, [260];
he and the Kan fire the king’s house, [262];
the king is carried prisoner to his quarters, [264];
his reception of the king, [265], [266];
generously ransoms Grothusen and Colonel Ribbins, [269];
is accused by De Villelongue and banished by the Sultan, [276], [277]
Janissaries, their mode of attack, [215]
Jeffreys, English envoy, endeavours to mediate between the King of Sweden
and the Turks, [251], [253];
helps the king with money, [269];
with assistance of La Mottraye redeems the Swedish officers, [269]
Joseph, Emperor of Germany, accedes to Charles XII’s exorbitant
demands, [138-140];
signs treaty in favour of Silesian Lutherans, [140]
Joseph, succeeds Baltagi as Grand Vizir, his early history, [233];
the creature of Ali-Coumourgi, [233];
countersigns the Peace of Pruth, [234];
is accused by De Villelongue to the Sultan and deposed, [276], [277]
[Kan] of Tartary, his dependence on the Porte, [212], [213];
his opposition to the treaty between the Turks and Russians, [224];
corresponds with the minister of King Augustus, [242];
swears treacherously that
he will be responsible for Charles XII’s safe conduct, [251];
his anxiety to commence the assault on the king’s house, [256];
fires the king’s house, [262];
is accused by De Villelongue to the Sultan and banished, [276], [277]
Königsmarck, Countess of, sent to negotiate with Charles XII, [74];
the king refuses to see her, [75]
Kuze-Slerp, his brave defence of Usedom, [302-304]
Leczinski. See [Stanislas]
Leopold, taken by assault by Charles XII, [100];
Diet at, [132], [133]
Levenhaupt, Count, Charles XII’s general in Russia, [147], [158];
his victory over the Russians, [160-161];
is pursued by the enemy, [161];
disputes the victory for three days against odds, [162], [163];
reaches the king without provisions, [163];
at Pultawa, [171], [175];
reaches the Borysthenes, [176];
surrenders with remainder of troops, [178];
in triumphal procession of Czar, [205]
Lithuania, two parties in, [69], [70]
Livonia, its struggle for independence, [20], [21]
Louis XIV, league against, [203];
carries on war after Charles XII’s defeat, [203]
Margaret of Valdemar, Queen of Denmark and Norway, [6]
Marlborough, Duke of, interview with Charles XII, [135-7]
Mazeppa, tale of, [157];
made Prince of Ukrania, ib.;
plans a revolt, [157], [158];
his secret league with Charles XII, [158];
his loans and treasures taken and plundered, [160];
reaches Charles XII as a fugitive, ib.;
furnishes the king with necessaries of life, [165];
refuses the Czar’s offers, [165], [166];
escapes with Charles XII after Pultawa, [177];
his death, [194]
Menzikoff, Prince, defeats the Swedes under General Meyerfield, [123];
at battle of Pultawa, [169-175];
comes up with the Swedes at the Borysthenes, [177], [178];
the Swedish force surrenders to him, [178]
Moldavians side with the Turks against their prince, [217]
Moscow, Peter the Great’s triumphal entry into, [204-206]
Narva, besieged by Peter the Great, [48];
great battle of, [49-54];
taken by assault by Peter the Great, [110];
barbarity of Russian soldiers at, [111]
Numan Couprougli, Grand Vizir, his incorruptible honesty, [198];
his advice to Charles XII, ib.;
turned out of office, [209];
his answer to Achmet, [210];
retires to Negropont, ib.
Oginski, head of one of the rival factions in Lithuania, [69], [133]
Ottoman Porte, state of, [188];
influence of the Czar at, [193], [194]
Paikel, Livonian officer, endeavours to save his life by disclosing
the secret for manufacturing gold, [129]
Patkul, General, joins the Russian side, [113];
Czar’s ambassador in Sweden, ib.;
arrested by order of Augustus, ib.;
Charles XII insists on his release, [126];
his terrible end, [127], [128]
Peter the Great, [17], [18];
his conquests, [21];
his education and early life, [24], [25];
his reforms, [26-29];
builds St. Petersburg, [32];
his barbarity, [32], [33];
concludes treaty with King of Poland against Sweden, [34];
his defeat at Narva, [49-54];
meeting and further treaty with King of Poland, [58];
takes Narva by assault, [110];
checks the outrages of his soldiers, [111];
lays the foundations of St. Petersburg, ib.;
invites Augustus to conference at Grodno, [113];
departs suddenly to check an insurrection, ib.;
his troops dispersed by Charles XII and Stanislas, [114], [115];
his troops victorious over the Swedes, [123];
his anger at and revenge of the execution of his ambassador, [130-132];
enters Poland with over 60,000 men, [132];
his desolation of, [134];
withdraws into Lithuania, ib.;
flies at the approach of Charles XII, [149];
leaves Grodno by one gate as Charles enters at another, ib.;
is driven from the Berezine, [151];
defeated at Borysthenes, [152];
sees his country desolated and makes proposals to Charles XII, [153];
the king’s haughty answer, ib.;
his defeat by the Swedes under Levenhaupt, [161];
pursues the enemy and brings them to a stand, ib.;
after three days’ fighting his superior forces gain the upper hand, [162];
at Pultawa, [169-175];
his elation at his success, [179], [180];
his admiration of the Swedish generals, [180];
cruelty to the Cossack prisoners, [181];
makes use of his victory to seize other places and sends troops to
Poland, [201];
contrast of, with Charles XII, [201], [202];
agrees to treaty of the Hague, [203];
triumphal entry into Moscow, [204-206];
hears of Turkish preparations against him, [215];
makes a treaty with Prince Cantemir and marches into Moldavia, [216];
finds himself without provisions, [217];
is driven back on Pruth, [218];
his difficult position, [219];
determines to attack the Turks, destroying all that might serve as
booty to the enemy, ib.;
is induced by the Czarina to sue for peace, [222];
concludes treaty with Grand Vizir, [224], [225];
fails to fulfil his promises, [232];
Sultan declares war against, [239];
peace again concluded, [241];
insists on Charles XII being sent away, ib.;
gains control of the Baltic, [296];
his victory over the Swedish fleet, [297];
triumphal entry into St. Petersburg, ib.;
supports Baron Gortz’s scheme, [317];
his behaviour on hearing of Gortz’s arrest, [323];
his proposal of alliance to the Regent of France, ib.;
his daughter asked in marriage for the Pretender, [325]
Piper, Count, prime minister of Charles XII, [15], [16], [17], [41], [43], [72], [80];
advises Charles XII to
take the crown of Poland, [91], [92];
negotiates with the plenipotentiaries of Augustus, [121];
question as to whether he received money from the Duke of
Marlborough, [137], [138];
receives Turkish ambassador, [148];
at Pultawa, [169], [173];
his imprisonment at St. Petersburg and death, [179];
in Peter the Great’s triumphal procession, [205]
Pirates, send to Charles XII to make terms with them, [318], [319]
Poland, government and general condition of, [62-67];
torn by conflicting parties, [70-74];
embassy sent by, to Charles XII, [76];
throne of, declared vacant, [90];
crown of, offered to Alexander Sobiesky, [92];
Stanislas Leczinski elected and crowned king, [99], [109];
invaded by Peter the Great, [132];
two kings and two primates in, ib.;
insurrection in, after battle of Pultawa, [200];
Augustus returns to, as king, ib.;
miserable condition of, [134];
the people’s fear of arbitrary power, [294];
force Augustus to submit to the Pacta Conventa, ib.;
the Czar makes himself master in, [298]
Pomerania, battles in, [280]
Poniatowski, General, [174], [177];
his designs at Constantinople, [189], [193];
draws up indictment against the Grand Vizir and presents it to
the Sultan, [195], [196];
plots against the Grand Vizir, [196];
negotiates with new Grand Vizir, [199];
attempts to poison him, ib.;
in Grand Vizir’s army against the Russians, [218];
opposes the treaty of peace, [224];
sends letter to Sultan accusing the Grand Vizir, [232];
sends letter of advice to Charles XII, [258];
at siege of Stralsund, [308]
Posnania, Bishop of, handed over to papal legate, [102];
carried to Saxony, and dies, [103]
Pretender, the, James II’s son, plots for placing him on the
throne, [317], [319], [320], [325]
Prussia, the first king of, league proposed by, to secure peace
and the restoration of Charles XII, [270]
Pruth, Peace of, [225], [234];
Sultan’s anger at infraction of, [239]
Pultawa, great battle of, [169-175]
Radjouski, Cardinal, his intrigues, [70], [71];
opposes the king in the Diet, [76];
his manifesto, [77];
flees from Warsaw, ib.;
his interview with Charles XII, [80];
takes his oath of fealty to the latter, [83];
throws off his mask and declares Augustus incapable of wearing
the crown of Poland, [90];
unable to oppose the election of Stanislas, [99];
finds legitimate excuse for not consecrating him, [109];
his death, ib.
Renschild, General under Charles XII, [41];
defeats Schullemburg at Frauenstadt, [115], [116];
with Stanislas in Poland, [134];
remark on the Council at Dresden, [144];
at Pultawa, [169], [172];
taken prisoner, [173];
conversation with the Czar, [180];
in triumphal procession of the Czar, [205]
Riga, besieged by the King of Poland, [46]
Rome, Court of, its policy, [102], [107];
Charles XII’s disgust with, [140]
Russian prisoners massacred by Charles XII and Stanislas, [117]
Ryswick, peace of, [14]
Saint Petersburg, foundation of, by Peter the Great, [111], [112]
Sapieha, Princess, head of one of the rival factions in Lithuania, [69], [133]
Saxony, entered by Charles XII, [117];
tax levied on, [118];
his method for protecting the inhabitants from the ill-conduct of
his soldiers, [118], [119];
his absolute rule over, [120]
Schullemburg, Count, in command of Augustus’s troops, [104];
his plan of formation in battle, [104], [105];
he saves his army, [106];
statue erected to him by Venetian Republic, [106];
his defeat by General Renschild at Frauenstadt, [115], [116]
Silesia, Charles XII demands restitution of privileges to its
Protestant subjects, [139], [140]
Siniawski, Grand General, his ambition, [134];
heads a third
party against Augustus and Stanislas, [134], [135];
joins party of Augustus, [200]
Sobiesky, Alexander, refuses crown of Poland, [92], [93]
Sobiesky, Jacques, partisans of, [70], [72];
carried off by Saxon soldiers, [90]
Stade, bombarded and burnt by the Danes, [280];
General Steinbock’s revenge, [283]
[Stanislas] Leczinski, appointed deputy to Charles XII by assembly
at Warsaw, [97];
his character, [98];
nominated King of Poland, ib.;
finally elected, [99];
attacked in Warsaw, [101];
joined by Charles XII, [103];
his victory over Augustus, [106];
his coronation, [109];
Poland entered by Peter the Great during his absence, [132];
his return to, and popularity, [134];
Pope releases the people from their oath of allegiance to, [200];
agrees to treaty of the Hague, [203];
taken prisoner in the Turkish dominions and carried to Bender, [269];
his efforts on behalf of Charles XII, [270];
willingly abdicates the throne of Poland for the public good, [270];
disguises himself and tries to reach the King of Sweden, [271];
is taken and well treated, [272];
Fabricius allowed to bring him a message from Charles XII, [272];
Pasha sends him an Arabian horse, [273];
Sultan finally releases him, ib.;
Charles XII assigns him the revenue of the Duchy of Deux Ponts, [288];
retires to Weissemburg, [289]
Steinbock, General, heads an army, chiefly composed of raw recruits,
to pursue the Danes, [207];
cuts the enemy to pieces, [208];
defends Pomerania, [280];
his victory over the Danes and Saxons at Gadebesck, [280], [281];
he burns Altena, [282];
his answer to complaints of his cruelty, [283];
loses his army and is taken prisoner, [284]
Stralsund, siege of, [304-311]
Sweden, its climate, [3];
its fauna, [4];
its soil, [5];
its ancient constitution, [5], [6];
conquered by
Margaret of Valdemar, [6];
its later history, ib.;
treaty of Russia, Denmark and Poland against, [34];
its government by a Regency during Charles XII’s absence, [206];
loses all her foreign possessions, [295], [298];
scarcity of male population in, [298];
people heavily taxed, [313];
their readiness to help the king, ib.
Swedes, their stature and endurance, [4];
fate of those taken prisoners at Pultawa, [178], [179];
sold as slaves at Constantinople, [194];
their love of war and of their king, [207];
their inveterate hatred of the Danes, [208];
thousands made slaves, [298]
Tartars, description of, [213];
their extreme hospitality, [213], [214];
receive no pay in war but their booty, [214]
Tartary. See [Kan]
Thorn, King of Poland, retires to, [85];
siege of, by Charles XII, [89]
Turkish troops, description of, [214], [215]
Turks, embassy from, to Charles XII, [148];
present the king with one hundred Swedish soldiers who had been
redeemed by the Grand Master, [148]
Ukrania, its need of a protector in one of the surrounding States, [156];
seeks protection from Poland, ib.;
from Russia, [156], [157]
Ulrica Eleanora, Princess, sister of Charles XII, asked to take
the Regency in Sweden, [285];
refuses to make peace with Denmark and resigns, ib.;
sends account of affairs to her brother, ib.
Usedom, taken from the Swedes by the Prussians, [303]
Valida, Sultana, favours Swedish cause, [211]
Villelongue, Monsieur de, his bold action on behalf of Charles XII, [274];
presents petition to the Sultan at the risk of his life, [275], [276];
has interview with Sultan, ib.;
is released, [277];
taken prisoner at siege of Stralsund, [309]
Warsaw, Charles XII appears before, [79];
battle near, [81];
Augustus enters it as a victorious sovereign, [102];
coronation of Stanislas in, [109];
entered in triumph by Augustus, [123]
Winter of 1709, memorable, [163];
Charles XII loses 2,000 men on one march, ib.
Wirtemburg, Prince, taken prisoner at Pultawa, [173]
Zaporavians, description of, [166]
Zobor, Count, Emperor’s chamberlain, his quarrel with Swedish ambassador
and its results, [138-140]

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