petersburg, narva, they took dert, they took marinburg, in the sixth year they went for sampling, it’f russia. after the crushing defeat of the august troops at fraustat, peter realized that he was left alone. peter instructs his commanders not to engage in open field clashes with the swedes, yes, to act on the defensive. there were swedish troops and infantry and cavalry. adopted a plan, a strategic retreat plan and the use of scorched earth tactics. along the path of movement. kept formation, lewingout ordered to retreat and set fire to the carts, wagons with weapons and proliant, which with such incredible difficulty were dragged here from riga, floated in the night. lesna, yes, this was the first attack of russian troops on a large swedish corps, which absolutely ended in defeat, in particular, this, of course, also influenced... he only claimed to leave st. petersburg and shliselburg for russia. karl answered the tsar that he would dictate peace in moscow. on may 5, peter was informed that the swedes wanted to take poltava. poltava is a road junction. in the southeast of ukraine.