The prince therefore left the infantry, the guns, and the main strength of the army, which he ordered to go to Bystrika, and galloped on to the relief with the voevoda, Pan Kryshtof, Pan Aksak, and two thousand soldiers. The old voevoda was for delay, for he had lost his head.
“Makhnovka is lost! We shall arrive too late! We would better leave it, defend other places, and provide them with garrisons.“
But the prince would not listen to him. The under-judge of Bratslav urged the advance, and the troops rushed to the fight.
“Since we have come thus far, we will not leave without blood,“ said the colonels; and they went on.
About two miles and a half from Makhnovka a few riders, moving as fast as their horses could carry them, halted in front of the troops. It was Pan Lyeff and his compan
