Sviatopolk marched heroically to meet them.

A battle was fought, in which he and his army were awfully defeated.

Thousands were driven by the conquerors into a stream, swollen by the rains, where they miserably perished.

The fugitives, led by Sviatopolk, in dismay fled back to Kief and took refuge behind the walls of the city.

The enemy pressed on, ravaging, with the most cruel desolation, the whole region around Kief, and in a second battle conquered the king and drove him out of his realms.