Warsaw , the capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , was completely destroyed Destroying by the Swedes , and out of a pre-war population of 20,000 , only 2,000 remained in the city after the war Hostile_encounter .

First Poles annihilated Killing the 60 horses strong night guard and then attacked Attack the reminder of the enemy 's command , the swiftness and confusion of the night attack Attack disallowed Preventing_or_letting Swedes and Brandenburgers to mount Connect their horses .

Rudawski states Statement that the Swedes suffered Earnings_and_losses following losses Earnings_and_losses in officers : Majors Peter , Jan Otto de Walh , Hejder from the Saxon regiment .

Soon afterwards , however , residents of Krosno saw Communication the real face of the Swedes , who looted Robbery , plundered Robbery , murdered Killing people and burned Destroying houses .

Surprised Swedes lost Earnings_and_losses the battle Hostile_encounter , and the Poles recaptured Conquering the town .

The Canadians , who struggled Confronting_problem in the early tournament , beat Competition the Americans in the quarter-finals , took Bringing the Swedes to overtime before losing , and then beat the Czechs for the bronze .

The Swedes had gathered Come_together 14,000 men by October , of which three-fourths were mounted , and felt confident enough to march Motion_directional south .

The Danes assumed Deciding that the Swedes had gone into winter camp and that they would not attack Attack until spring .

The Swedes had been at war Hostile_encounter with the Tripolitans since 1800 ; they were eventually joined Participation by the Americans .

The Swedes led by three after the first and easily moved Motion on to the gold medal game .

This also counted as their ninth European title , with the Czechs finishing Process_end second and the Swedes third .

The Danes were victorious , but there was no decisive victory , as the Swedes managed to pull Motion back .

The Swedes , who were in a well-fortified position , retreated Escaping after a while with a loss Earnings_and_losses of 170 killed Killing , 400 wounded Bodily_harm and 110 captured Conquering according to Adlercreutz , in addition several hundred men had fallen Becoming ill .

After the capture Conquering of Pärnu , Jan Karol Chodkiewicz , commander of the Lithuanian army , moved Self_motion towards Riga , which was occupied Control by the Swedes under the command Control of Joachim Frederick von Mansfeld .

The dominant presence Presence of the Swedes in the Baltic region gave Giving the Lithuanian army the upper hand , as von Mansfeld and the Swedish army did not expect the possibility of an attack Attack in such a heavily Swedish-occupied region .

Four of the ships fled Escaping into Greifswald to escape Escaping the Swedes but they chose Choosing to burn Destroying the other four ships to prevent Preventing_or_letting them falling Motion_directional into enemy hands .

In 1652 Swedes had started Process_start construction Building of a new wall with 12 bastions around suburbs , but by 1656 the work Action had not been completed Process_end .

The Russian vanguard consisting Forming_relationships of the Vladimir v. Vizin reiters , Daniel Krafert infantry and Iunkmann dragoons approached Arriving Riga on August 20 and threw Self_motion back the Swedes under count of Pärnu , Heinrich von Thurn into the city .

The Swedes evacuated Escaping the suburbs and withdrew Escaping to the old town .

In the aftermath of this reverse Change , the Swedes recaptured Conquering much of Ingria , took Conquering the Pskov Monastery of the Caves and inflicted Causation a heavy defeat Conquering on the Russian general Matvey Sheremetev at Valga in 1657 .

The Canadians , having tied Connect both the Swedes and the Soviets , needed to win their game against the US by five goals , then hope that the Swedes and Soviets tied Connect , ensuring Preventing_or_letting Canada the gold .

The Canadians , having tied Connect both the Swedes and the Soviets , needed to win their game against the US by five goals , then hope that the Swedes and Soviets tied Connect , ensuring Preventing_or_letting Canada the gold .

The Soviets and Swedes took a 1-1 tie into the third period of the last game , which would have given Giving the gold medal to Canada had it held up .

However , Mats Sundin scored Getting at 9:37 , and the Swedes held on to Defending capture Getting gold .

Żółkiewski then sent Sending light cavalry on a round about flanking maneuver which attacked Attack the Swedes from behind , coinciding with another charge by the hussars .

The Swedes were led by Reinhold Arnep .