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up against him by Cahun. They suspected the Colonel
of having retained part of their pay, as we have seen,
and their discontent grew to such a pitch that they
threatened to kill him in the inn where he lay.
This was only prevented through the timely aid of
Jacob Näf, another Scot in the service of the king.
At last everything—clothes and pay1—were ready,
and towards the end of September 1573 the whole of
the Scottish force, about five thousand men, were at Reval,
where they stayed till November. Then the Swedish
Commander-in-Chief, Pontus de la Gardie, resolved first
to attack the important Russian fortress of Wesenberg.
To this the Scots objected unless they were paid one
month in advance; they refused to march until De la
Gardie satisfied them with the proceeds of the sale of his
bracelets and rings.2 The troops suffered greatly from
hunger and exposure. Twice Wesenberg was assailed,
Klas Åkeson Tott, leading the Swedish forces ; twice the
assault was repulsed. On the 2nd of March 1574 the
third assault took place; it ended with the repulse of
the Swedes, who suffered a loss of about 1000 men,
besides many wounded. According to Ruthven the loss
of the Scots alone amounted to 1100. During all this time
there were bickerings between the German and the
Scottish legionaries, the former reproaching the Scots for
failing to support them sufficiently. During an
expedition of De la Gardie’s with part of the troops against
Tolsberg and Dorpat, the irritation grew; the march was
unsuccessful; and owing to dissension which every day
1 With the exception of the not inconsiderable sum of 2000 Thaler.
2 This is according to De la Gardie’s own account. Riissow, in his
Chronica dcr Provinz Livland, says the Scots had to be forced to march by
the Swedes; but Riissow, a Lutheran clergyman in Reval, is not an
objectionable witness. He also says that the Scots all belonged “ to
that dangerous creed : Calvinism.”
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