These two majestic forces were soon combined upon the banks of the Dnieper.

All resistance fled before them, and with strides of triumph they marched down the valley to Kief.

The princes who had aroused this storm of war fled to Vouoychegorod, an important fortress further down the river, where they strongly entrenched themselves, and sternly awaited the advance of the foe.

The royalist forces, having taken possession of Kief, pursued the fugitives.

The march of armies so vast, conducting war upon so grand a scale, excited the astonishment of all the inhabitants upon the river's banks.