Editing Battle of Narva (1700) (section)

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[[File:Battle of Narva 1700.JPG|thumb|300px|left|''The Battle of Narva'' by [[Alexander Kotzebue]]]]
By afternoon, the Swedes had finished their preparations and moved forward at 2 p.m. At that moment, it got colder, the wind changed, and the snowstorm blew directly into the eyes of the Russians.<ref name="Tucker">Tucker, S.C., 2010, A Global Chronology of Conflict, Vol. Two, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, LLC, {{ISBN|978-1-85109-667-1}}</ref>{{rp|686}} Some Swedish officers asked to postpone the attack until the end of the storm. Still, Charles saw his opportunity and advanced on the Russian army under cover of the weather.<ref name=Black111/>{{sfn|Massie|1980|p=332}}
The Swedes attacked with two highly dense shock groups, quickly approached the Russian positions, and gave a volley, after which the Russians "fell like grass". At first, the Russians vigorously resisted: "They returned a heavy fire and killed many fine fellows", but within 15 minutes, the Swedes filled the ditches with fascines, broke into the fortifications with cold steel arms, and "a terrible massacre" began.{{sfn|Massie|1980|p=332–333}}

Acting according to the plan, the Swedes moved south and north along the fortification line, rolling up the Russian defense. They attacked inexperienced Russian regiments and shattered them one by one. There was panic and chaos; Russian soldiers began killing foreign officers, and de Croÿ, with his staff, hurried to surrender. Masses of panicking Russians troops rushed to the only Kamperholm Bridge over the [[Narva River]], located at the northern edge of the defensive line. At one crucial point, the bridge collapsed under retreating Russian troops.<ref name=Black111/>

On the right (northern) flank of the Russians, only two regiments of the future Guards ([[Preobrazhensky regiment|Preobrazhensky]] and [[Semyonovsky regiment|Semyonovsky]]) retained the battle order. They rebuilt in a [[Infantry square|square]], arranged improvised barricades of wagons, and stubbornly held on; some running soldiers joined them. Karl led the attacks against this center of resistance, encouraging his troops, but they were repulsed, and a horse under Karl was killed. Most of the Russian commanders, including generals Golovin and Trubetskoy, managed to join this group despite the surrender of de Croÿ. On the left flank, General Weide was seriously wounded at the very beginning of the battle, but his "division" for the most part did not succumb to panic and even made a successful counterattack,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rusmilhist.blogspot.ru/2015/05/unknown-episode-of-narva-battle-on-2030.html |title=Unknown episode of Narva battle on 20/30 November 1700 |access-date=12 March 2018 |archive-date=13 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313031408/http://rusmilhist.blogspot.ru/2015/05/unknown-episode-of-narva-battle-on-2030.html |url-status=live }}</ref> but could not reconnect with the rest of the army.{{sfn|Massie|1980|pp=333–334}}{{sfn|Петров [Petrov]|1901|p=234}}