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CHAPTER XVII: Sweden

The enemies of Sweden were, in the meantime, prosecuting their successful Stanislaus, whom Charles had placed on the throne of Poland, had been compelled to yield it to Augustus; and the Swedish frontiers were threatened on every side. General Stienbock, after having gained a brilliant victory over the Danes and Saxons at Gadebusch, and burnt Altona, was besieged in Tonningen, and forced to surrender with the whole of his army. Roused at this intelligence, the king of Sweden quitted Turkey, and after traversing Germany without any attendant, arrived safely at Stralsund, the capital of Swedish Pomerania.