Munro's first care, when he found that the Imperialists had retreated
in the direction of Colberg, was to send out some horsemen to
discover whether the Swedes were in a position to cover that town.
The men returned in two hours with the report that Field Marshal
Horn, with the Swedish troops from Stettin, had joined Kniphausen
and Hepburn, and were guarding the passage between the enemy and
Colberg.

Two days later a message arrived to the effect that Sir Donald
Mackay, who had now been created Lord Reay, had arrived to take
the command of his regiment, and that Nigel Graheme's company was
to march and join him; while Munro with the rest of his command
was to continue to hold the Castle of Schiefelbrune.

Shortly afterwards General Bauditzen arrived with 4000 men and 18
pieces of cannon to press the siege of Colberg, which was one of
the strongest fortresses in North Germany. On the 13th of November
the news arrived that Montecuculi was again advancing to raise the
siege; and Lord Reay with his half regiment, Hepburn with half his
regiment, and a regiment of Swedish infantry marched out to meet
him, Kniphausen being in command. They took up a position in a
little village a few miles from the town; and here, at four o'clock
in the morning, they were attacked by the Imperialists, 7000 strong.
The Swedish infantry fled almost without firing a shot, but the
Scottish musketeers of Hepburn and Reay stood their ground.

For a time a desperate conflict raged. In the darkness it was
utterly impossible to distinguish friend from foe, and numbers on
both sides were mown down by the volleys of their own party. In the
streets and gardens of the little village men fought desperately