Augustus, 103; his continual success, _ib._; his pursuit of Schullemburg, 105, 106; his preparations for the coronation of Stanislas, 108; present incognito at the ceremony, 110; defeats Russian troops, 114, 115; massacres his prisoners, 117; enters Saxony, _ib._; visits the field of Lutzen, 118; levies money and food from the Saxons, 118, 119; his method for enforcing good behaviour on his troops, and their severe discipline, 119; anecdote of, and soldier, 119, 120; his absolute rule in Saxony, 120; terms of peace offered by him to Augustus, 121; his troops defeated by the Russians, 123; account of his interview with Augustus at Gutersdorf, 124, 125; his cruel sentence on Patkul, 127; receives ambassadors from all parts, 135; Duke of Marlborough’s interview with, 135-137; his determination to dethrone the Czar, 137, 138; his exorbitant demands on the Emperor of Germany, 138-140; sends officers to Asia and Egypt to report on their strength, 141; magnificence of his plans, _ib._; continues his hardy mode of life, _ib._; account of his visit to Augustus in Dresden, 142, 143; alarm of his officers, 143, 144; leaves Saxony to pursue the Czar, 147; receives Turkish ambassador, 148; starts in search of the Russians, 149; enters Grodno, _ib._; arrives at the river Berezine, 151; his stratagem, _ib._; leads his forces on foot and wins gloriously at Borysthenes, 152; his haughty answer to the Czar, 153; his narrow escape from detachment of Calmouks, 154, 155; leaves the Moscow road and turns south towards Ukrania, 156; his secret league with Mazeppa, 158; terrible difficulties and hardships of his march, 159; Mazeppa reaches him with only a few men left, 160; is cut off from communication with Poland without provisions, 163; extreme cold destroys a part of his army, _ib._; miserable condition of his soldiers, _ib._; anecdote of, 164; receives supplies from Mazeppa, 165; advances on Pultawa, 166; is wounded, 168; battle of Pultawa, 169-175; his retreat and escape, 175, 176; his dangerous condition, 176, 177; finally reaches the river Hippias, 181; his narrow escape from the Russians, 182; some of his troops captured, _ib._; handsomely received by the Commander of Bender, 183; his letter to Achmet III, 188; his journey across the desert to Bender, 190; his life and occupation at, 192, 193; his anger and disappointment at his treatment by the Porte, 194, 195; angrily rejects the Sultan’s present, 196; advice and money given him by new Grand Vizir, 198; clings to the hope of rousing the Turks to declare war against Russia, 199; contrast of, with Peter the Great, 201, 202; his numerous enemies, _ib._; starts to join the Vizir against the Russians, 218; his rage at finding the treaty between the Vizir and the Czar concluded, 225, 226; rides back to Bender in despair, 226; builds himself a large stone house at Bender, 229;