As he ran towards it, he fell into a morass, from which he was rescued with some difficulty, leaving his sword and one boot behind him.

However, he at once pushed on, and placed himself at the head of the infantry engaged in the assault.

But even his presence and example did not avail.

The Russians maintained their position with desperate courage, and, when it became quite dark, the assault ceased.
The right column had met with equal success.

It had penetrated the intrenchments, defeated all the Russians who opposed it, and now moved to assist the left wing.
The king, however, seeing that the Russian defences could not be carried, by a direct assault, without great loss, gathered the army in the space between the town and the Russian intrenchments, and placed them in a position to repel an attack, should the Russians take the offensive; giving orders that, at daylight, the hill on which the enemy had their principal battery should be assaulted.
The guns here commanded all the intrenchments, and the capture of that position would render it impossible for the Russians to continue their defence, or for the now separated wings of the army to combine.
The officers in command of the Russian right wing, finding themselves unable to cross the river on their broken bridge, and surrounded by the Swedes, sent in to surrender in the course of the evening, and two battalions of the Swedish Guards took possession of the post that had been so gallantly defended.