Leaving Pushkaryovka around 7 PM on the 28th, the same day as their defeat, the remnants of the Swedish army head south following the west bank of the river
Vorskla to the river
Dnieper, reaching Stari Sanzhary 20 km to the south where the baggage wagons stopped until dawn while the artillery, treasure-wagons and troops continue on to
Novi Sanzhary. The artillery reached Novi Sanzhary after midnight, Charles XII at 1:30 AM, and the troops at dawn. The
Tsar Peter the Great sent Prince
Golitzin's
Semyonovskiy Regiment and Christian Felix Bauer's ten regiments of
dragoons in pursuit. The march resumed by 7 AM on the 29th, heading for Bjeliki, and Major-General
Meijerfeldt is sent back to negotiate with the Tsar. The convoy linked up with Lt. Col.
Silfverhielm's 500 men at
Kobeliaky in the late afternoon. On 30 June, the convoy reached Tashtayka on the Dnieper where
Axel Gyllenkrok had been sent earlier to prepare a crossing. However, Gyllenkrok wanted Charles to stop at Kishenka, and decide if they should cross the Vorskla at the ford and head into the
Crimea, or head further south and attempt a crossing of the Dnieper into Turkey. Now the Swedes found the Dnieper river broad and swift, with few materials with which to build boats or a bridge.
Ivan Mazepa and his men along with Silfverhielm's men crossed on the few boats available. Efforts to swim across ended in drowning for men and horse alike. The Swedish command convinced Charles to save himself by crossing the Dnieper and heading for
Ochakov, while the army, led by
Lewenhaupt, would cross the Vorskla into the Crimea. About 3,000 crossed that day and night with the king, mostly officers and members of the royal household. == Surrender ==