Upon learning of this, the Swedes undertook a punitive expedition to Tikhvin and burned the town, but could not take the Assumption Monastery.

Tikhvin was approached by a detachment of Russian troops, headed by Prince Semyon Prozorovsky.

Meanwhile, the Swedes assembled a 5,000-strong army, which included German infantry, Finnish Reiters, 2,000 Lithuanian riders, as well as artillery and engineers.

On September 23, the Swedes, who learned of the acute shortage of gunpowder and lead in the fortress, made a second assault.

Again the Swedes were beaten off, after which the defenders counterattacked and forced the enemy to retreat, leaving behind their siegeworks and equipment.