"They were surrounded south and north—
Which they must most have regretted:
There was committed upon them a miserable murder." ...
They attempted to run up the mountain to close with the Bönder, but were hurled down. "Those who were not shot jumped into the river to save themselves, but were there drowned; and those of them who got alive over the river were quickly killed by the Bönder on that side."[102]
PIKES, ETC., OF NORWEGIAN PEASANTS IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
In the "Ballad of the Valley" the battle is further described as follows:—
"The colonel rode in the foremost rank,
Right proudly himself he bore;
He was first shot down from his horse,