sheremetief's

Updated: July 5, 2025

Of the Russian army, as it had originally taken the field, about twenty-three thousand men remained a certain number of troops the cavalry under Sheremetief's command, and Repnin's division. The Czar ordered fresh levies. He melted the church-bells into cannon. In vain the clergy raised the cry of sacrilege; he never faltered for a moment.

- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12