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He said that he expected to be beaten at first by the Swedes. " They have beaten us once," said he, "and they may beat us again; but they will teach us in time to beat them." He immediately began to adopt the most ef- ficient and energetic measures for organizing a new army. He set about raising recruits in all parts of the empire. He introduced many new foreign of&cers into his service ; and to provide artillery, after exhausting all the other resources at his command, he ordered the great bel...ls of many churches and monasteries to be taken down and cast into cannon. 1700.] Building St. Petersburg. 205 Continuation of the war. Stratagems of the Swedes. Chapter XI. The Building of St. Petersburg. THE struggle thus commenced between the Czar Peter and Charles XII. of Sweden, for the possession of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, continued for many years. At first the Eussians were every where beaten by the Swedes ; but at last, as Peter had predicted, the King of Sweden taught them to beat him.
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