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Mighty Muscovites Repulsed in Frontiers Conflict
From the King of Sweden's quarters comes news of a fierce engagement as 40000 Muscovites attacked five Swedish regiments. The attackers suffered about 3500 casualties and were driven into morasses. Two Muscovite generals were killed. 226 Swedish troops fell, including Colonel Rosenstiern. A separate action near Baggage was repulsed with 2000 enemy killed or captured, horses seized, and the King personally had a horse shot and two aides de camp wounded. In Venice, Imperial troops sack villages near Santta Bianca and plunder granaries, while Pope's forces and peasants threaten Comacchio. Lerida reports Mosque attacks near Ceana and Montagne. In Saint Augustine, Germans slay a Pope officer and wounded others over halted wagons. Hambourg notes Swedish-Imperial commission issues and jailings, while Vienna pursues war funds against the Pope and reports Staremberg detaching battalions near Barcelona.