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A Jacobite Exile

CHAPTER 4: In Sweden
16/28

All of that country was at once overrun, the ducal domains seized, and great contributions exacted from Schleswig and Holstein.

Fleming and the Saxons, after one severe repulse, forced the garrison of the fort of Dunamund, commanding the mouth of the Duna, to surrender.
Tonningen is the only fortress that now holds out in Holstein.

So you see, lads, there is every chance of there being brisk fighting, and I warrant the young King of Sweden will not be backward in the fray.

A man who is fond of engaging with bears, armed with nothing but a forked stick, is not likely to hang back in the day of battle.
"But, at present, we will say no more on the matter.

Now that we have got beyond the shelter of the island, the waves are getting up, and the vessel is beginning to toss and roll.


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