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 the head of seventy thousand men; with these he marched against the King of France, who, at the head of near one hundred thousand men, had begun the war. The Duke attacked the King near Augsburgh; and, after a desperate and bloody battle, defeated him. This victory stopped the progress of the French arms, and enabled the Duke to direct his march towards Brandenburgh, which was overrun by the Russians. Peter, at the head of ninety thousand men, had taken Berlin, and two other Russian armies were making a rapid progress. The Duke of Saxony, with his victorious army, made flying marches to repel these invaders. It was not long before he had an opportunity of fightinfighting [sic] the Czar. About four o'clock in the morning the two armies joined battle, in the very plain where Gustavus