Horse Dung in Lace wars

While Great Northern War reenactor and wargamer Boris was researching sieges in the Great Northern War he came across this excellent segment on the siege of Riga from
An impartial history of the life and actions of Peter Alexowitz, the present Czar of Muscovy: ... his attempts and successes in the northern and eastern parts of the world: in which is intermix'd the history of Muscovy. Written by a British officer in the service of the Czar. London, 1723

I think you will find it interesting...