This consisted of a convent, surrounded by strong walls mounted with cannon, which played upon the town while the fight there was going on.

As Baron Spens had no guns with him, he was unable to follow up his advantage by taking this position, and he therefore gave orders to the force to retire, the peasants being loaded with booty that they had gathered before the fire spread.
The loss of the Swedes was thirty killed and sixty wounded, this being a small amount of loss compared with what they had inflicted upon the enemy.
"I call that a horrible business, Captain Jervoise," Charlie said, when the troops had returned to Marienburg.

"There was no real fighting in it." "It was a surprise, Charlie.

But they fought desperately after they gained the town." "Yes, but we did nothing there beyond firing away at the windows.
Of course, I had my sword in my hand; but it might as well have been in its sheath, for I never struck a blow, and I think it was the same with most of our men.

One could not cut down those poor wretches, who were scarce awake enough to use their arms.