The Life of Gustavus Adolphus Surnamed the Great King of Sweden
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The Swedish monarch was as yet too far inferior in numbers to the enemy to encounter the hazard of the battle which had been so long expected, and, on finding his design upon Magdeburg frustrated, THE LIFE OF GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS. 261 determined upon a different plan of operation. He bad lately been struck with the advantageous posi- tion for an entrenched camp, offered by the conflu- ence of the Elbe with the Havel, near the town of Wirben, and had openly expressed his astonishment that it had ne...ver been previously occupied as a military station, in the course of the operations between Tilly and the King of Denmark. In this post he resolved to establish himself, and wear out the strength of his antagonist by vain efforts to force him from his post, until the occurrence of events of which he was in daily expectation should justify him in meeting the Imperialists in the field. The principal cause of his adopting this resolution was the increasing dissatisfaction expressed by the Elector of Saxony against the Emperor, and the probability that in a short time he would be induced to lay aside the mask of neutrality, and openly to declare for the Swedes.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The Swedish monarch was as yet too far inferior in numbers to the enemy to encounter the hazard of the battle which had been so long expected, and, on finding his design upon Magdeburg frustrated, THE LIFE OF GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS. 261 determined upon a different plan of operation. He bad lately been struck with the advantageous posi- tion for an entrenched camp, offered by the conflu- ence of the Elbe with the Havel, near the town of Wirben, and had openly expressed his astonishment that it had ne...ver been previously occupied as a military station, in the course of the operations between Tilly and the King of Denmark. In this post he resolved to establish himself, and wear out the strength of his antagonist by vain efforts to force him from his post, until the occurrence of events of which he was in daily expectation should justify him in meeting the Imperialists in the field. The principal cause of his adopting this resolution was the increasing dissatisfaction expressed by the Elector of Saxony against the Emperor, and the probability that in a short time he would be induced to lay aside the mask of neutrality, and openly to declare for the Swedes.
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