Donald went home shortly before, he succeeded to the command of
the regiment. They embarked at once on board a ship which Munro
had chartered, and were landed in Denmark and marched to Flensberg,
where the rest of the regiment was lying.

A fortnight was spent in severe drill, and then orders were received
from Oxenstiern, the chancellor of Sweden, to embark the regiment
on board two Swedish vessels, the Lillynichol and the Hound. On
board the former were the companies of Captains Robert Munro, Hector
Munro, Bullion, Nigel Graheme, and Hamilton. Colonel Munro sailed
in this ship, while Major Sennot commanded the wing of the regiment
on board the Hound. The baggage horses and ammunition were in a
smaller vessel.

The orders were that they were to land at Wolgast on the southern
shore of the Baltic. Scarcely had they set sail than the weather
changed, and a sudden tempest burst upon them. Higher and higher
grew the wind, and the vessels were separated in the night. The
Lillynichol laboured heavily in the waves, and the discomfort of the
troops, crowded together between decks, was very great. Presently
it was discovered that she had made a leak, and that the water was
entering fast. Munro at once called forty-eight soldiers to the
pumps. They were relieved every quarter of an hour, and by dint of
the greatest exertions barely succeeded in keeping down the water.
So heavily did the vessel labour that Munro bore away for Dantzig;
but when night came on the storm increased in fury. They were now
in shoal water, and the vessel, already half waterlogged, became
quite unmanageable in the furious waves. Beyond the fact that they
were fast driving on to the Pomeranian coast, they were ignorant
of their position.