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arrived around 11 May and in turn started to besiege the Swedes; it grew to over 4,000 with 16 cannons by mid-June. The Swedes decided to prioritize the relief of the
Kokenhausen siege force. They had been reinforcing it with supplies through the river, but many of them had been captured by
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