Topic: Navy
The sudden Saxon attack on Riga on 11 February 1700 seems to have resulted in widespread panic among those outside the walls. There is a small testimony of this in an account book kept by Johan Furubohm, an official of the Admiralty who was stationed in Riga. He writes (rough translation):
"Through the sudden outbreak of hostilities and the invasion of Saxon troops on 11 February 1700 there was such a terror and anxiety when the guns fired the alarm shots, drums began to sound and bells started ringing that everyone who was outside the walls dropped everything and in panic ran towards the town. This resulted in the following items being lost at the shipyard..."
12 axes
7 shovels of iron
...
3 crowbars
...
1 pair of handcuffs
3 iron collars
...
1 sloop
6 locks
Source: EAA (Tartu), EAA.278.1.XXV-52
