Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy
Banned
http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/cmh/cmh405.html
WI he had not survived the battle?
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]In 1605, therefore, after the unsuccessful general Stâlarm had been condemned for treason, [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Charles himself resumed the command which he had laid down after his first successes. He lacked, however, the coolness of a successful strategist. At Eirkholm (sic), a day's march south-east of Riga, he fell upon Chodkievicz with a greatly superior force ; but his rash generalship brought upon his army a terrible defeat (September, 1605). The Poles could boast that the Swedes left upon the field thrice as many dead as Chodkievicz had men. Barely escaping with his life from a field where some 8000 of his troops perished, Charles returned to Sweden as hastily as he had come.[/FONT]
WI he had not survived the battle?