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| | Characterestics of Warfare in the Times of Henry of Livonia and Balthasar Russow - Andres Kasekamp |
 | | During that summer, a new force of Crusaders arrived in Riga from Lubeck via Visby and demanded to fight the pagans. |
 | | Reluctantly, Master Volquin raised a force of natives and Swordbrothers to lead them in plundering Samogi-thia. |
 | | Returning from the raid, they were trapped in a swamp by Lithuanians and even the bravest armored knights were, according to the Livonian Rhymed Chronicle, "cut down like women."8 SaulÄ—, however, was an exception since the Order had already changed tactics to suit the environment. |
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