De victoria, in qua fratres mille et quingentos Pomeranos occiderunt.
Scouts and the March to Wischerot
Master Poppo sends scouts to observe Swantepolcus, then advances with Duke Casimir's army to Wischerot, where the scouts report Swantepolcus fortifying Sweczam.
Brother Poppo, the master, having sent scouts ahead to observe more carefully what Swantepolcus was doing, arrived with his own army and that of Duke Casimir near the fortress of Wischerot, and there they pitched camp. The scouts returned and reported that Swantepolcus, with a great force of his army, was stationed around the fortress of Sweczam and was fortifying it.
The Rout at Sweczam
The brothers send ten mounted men to harass the enemy; the Pomeranian force panics and flees, and fifteen hundred Pomeranians are slain.
After deliberation, it seemed best to everyone that they should attack him there; and ten mounted men were sent ahead from Golmine to harass the enemy force. When twenty men from the opposing side came out to meet them, the brothers killed one soldier; the other nineteen, upon seeing the brothers' banner, fled. And as these fugitives came in their flight toward Swantepolcus's army, they all turned tail. Of them, a few who made it to the fortress were saved; all the rest were either drowned or fell by the edge of the sword. And so, from among the Pomeranian people, one thousand five hundred men were killed by the brothers on that day.
Thanksgiving and Spoils of Victory
The brothers return thanks to God for the victory and rejoice over the plunder taken from the enemy.
After this victory, the brothers returned to the Lord, rendering thanks to God and rejoicing in the Lord with the greatest plunder taken from the enemy.
Read the original Latin
Frater Poppo magister premissis exploratoribus, qui diligencius respicerent, quid ageret Swantepolcus, cum suo et ducis Casemiri exercitu convenit juxta castrum Wischerot, ibique caslra metati sunt. Exploratores reversi dixerunt, quod Swantepolcus cum magna potencia exercitus sui staret circa castrum Sweczam, et firmaret illud. Consultum ergo videbatur omnibus, ut invaderent eum ibia, premissique sunt de Golmine x viri equites, qui exercitum inimicorum inquietarent, qui de xx yiris ex parte adversa occurrentibus unum militem oc ciderunt, alii xix viso vexillo fratrum fugerunt, et ipsis cum fuga venientibus ad exercitum Swantepolci, omnes terga verterunt, quorum pauci ad castrumb venientes salvati sunt, alii omnes aut submersi sunt, vel in ore gladii ceciderunt. Sicque de populo Pomeranorum mille et quingenti viri in illo die a fratribus sunt occisi. De qua victoria fratres deo grates referentes cum maxima preda hostium exultantes in domino sunt reversi.
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