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BNL.726.006
3-10 Feb 1726:12 (1150)
Petersbourgh, (in Russia,) Aug. 14. The following are some
of the particulars of the action lately mentioned between a
body of our troops in Persia and about 10000 rebels
commanded by the late Vizer or Governor of the Province of
Ghilan who were intrench'd along the River Paxscham, . . .
[4 lines] The rebels were forc'd in their intrenchment, and
entirely routed; upon which the broken remains fled with
precipitation into a neighbouring wood, which is in a manner
inaccessible, leaving on the field of battle 4 iron cannon,
24 great fowling pieces, a vast quantity of small arms of
all sorts, 6 kettle-drums, a trumpet which the rebels call'd
the general trumpet, 279 stone bullets cas'd with lead, 830
other iron bullets,. . . [2 lines]
On the 12th, the Empress with her august family, assisted at
the Te Deum sung in the Church of the Holy Trinity, on
account of the considerable advantage our troops gained in
the Province of Ghilan in Persia, under the command of the
Lieutenant-General Matouschkin.
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