He spoke of it himself, and said, 'you will see that, some day, we shall turn the tables upon you.' "The king will be pleased when I return with you, for we all feared that you might be very badly hurt.

All that we knew was that some of your men had seen you cut down.

After the battle was over, a search was made for your body.

When it could not be found, questions were asked of some of our own men, and some wounded Russians, who were lying near the spot where you had been seen to fall.
"Our men had seen nothing, for, as the Russians closed in behind your company as it advanced, they had shut their eyes and lay as if dead, fearing that they might be run through, as they lay, by the Cossack lances.

The Russians, however, told us that they had seen two of the Cossacks dismount, by the orders of one of their officers, lift you on to a horse, and ride off with you.