The conquest of Bulgaria was an achievement worthy of the chivalry even of Sviatoslaf.

With an immense fleet of barges, containing sixty thousand men, he descended the Dnieper to the Euxine.
Coasting along the western shore his fleet entered the mouth of the Danube.

The Bulgarians fought like heroes to repel the invaders.

All their efforts were in vain.

The Russians sprang from their barges on the shore, and, protected by their immense bucklers, sword in hand, routed the Bulgarians with great slaughter.