He was joined there by
his young queen, Maria Eleonora, with a reinforcement of 8000 men,
and by the Marquis of Hamilton with 6200, for the most part Scotch,
who had been raised by him with the consent of Charles I, to whom
the marquis was master of the horse.
Werben was distant but a few miles from Magdeburg, and Pappenheim,
who commanded the troops in that neighbourhood, seeing that Gustavus
was now in a position to take the field against him, sent an urgent
message to Tilly for assistance; and the Imperial general, who was
on the point of attacking the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, at once
marched with his army and effected a junction with Pappenheim,
their combined force being greatly superior to that of Gustavus
even after the latter had received his reinforcements.
Malcolm had not accompanied the army in its march from Old
Brandenburg. He had been prostrated by fever, and although he shook
off the attack it left him so weak and feeble that he was altogether
unfit for duty. The army was still lying in its swampy quarters,
and the leech who had attended him declared that he could never
recover his strength in such an unhealthy air. Nigel Graheme, who
had now rejoined the regiment cured of his wound, reported the
surgeon's opinion to Munro.
"I am not surprised," the colonel said, "and there are many others
in the same state; but whither can I send them? The Elector of
Brandenburg is so fickle and treacherous that he may at any moment
turn against us.
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