 | Voyages and travels - 1856 - 550 pages
...great army of 100,000 or 200,000 men. Otherwise they make shorte and sudden roads into the countrie with lesser numbers, running about the list of the...Their common practise (being very populous) is to make divers armies, and so drawing the Russe to one or two places of the frontiers, to invade at some... | |
 | Samuel Purchas - North America - 1906 - 674 pages
...hringeth with him a great Armie of 100000. or 200000. men. Otherwise they make short and sudden roades into the Countrey with lesser numbers, running about the list of the border as wilde Geese flie, invading and retiring where they see advantage. Their common practice (being very... | |
 | Thomas Riha - History - 2009 - 267 pages
...khan in person became rare. The habitual danger was the swoop of small bands a few hundred strong, 'running about the list of the border as wild geese...flie, invading and retiring where they see advantage.' As late as 1676-79 the constable of Orel received one hundred and seven messages as to such 'short... | |
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... of Muscovy and in 1571 they burnt Moscow itself. After 1591 they never succeeded in crossing the Oka, and gradually their raids penetrated less and less far northwards. The big musters headed by the khan in person became rare. The habitual danger... 