kart som viser Armfeldts framrykning og tilbaketrekning i Trøndelag, fra felttogets start i Duved i Sverige 18. august 1718, til de som overlevde var tilbake i Sverige, i Handöl, 4. januar 1719. Kart fra boka De siste karolinere, av Kjell Haarstad, Tapir forlag 2002. The Swedish campaign cost the lives of 4273 privates and NCOs, many to disease, starvation and complications after injuries. But the single most important cause of death was cold. Operations on a large scale in the winter were not very common at the time. From December 28th to January 4th, 3,000 of the 5,000 who started the ascent from Tydal died. Additional 900 perished after they came to Handöl, Of those who survived 451 were discharged because of injuries, many of them crippled.
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