Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I muri i ngā hinganga maha, ka whakarerea e te Kingi o Pōkehā, a Augustus II the Strong, i te tau 1706. I tahuri a Kingi Charles XII o Huitene ki Rūhia, i whakaekea i te tau 1708. Whai muri i tana whiti ki Ruhia, i hinga a Charles i a Peter i Golovchin i te Hurae. I te
I te Pakanga o Lesnaya, i mate a Charles i tana hinganga tuatahi i muri i te hinganga o Peter i tetahi roopu o nga whakapakari Swedish e haere mai ana i Riga. I te kore o tenei awhina, i akina a Charles ki te whakarere i tana haerenga ki Moscow.