sentences:  The Swedish assault ended in disaster, and the king fled with a small entourage south to the Ottoman Empire, where he set up camp at Bender with some 1,000 of his "Caroleans" ("Karoliner" in Swedish).The remainder of the army surrendered days later at Perevolochna under Lewenhaupt's command, most of them (including Lewenhaupt himself) spending the rest of their days in Russian captivity.The Swedish defeat at Poltava in 1709 marks the downfall of the Swedish Empire, as well as the founding of the Russian Empire.