The Legion therefore fought its way east across Siberia to Vladivostok to be evacuated by sea. At Tayshet in May 1919 it defended the Trans-Siberian Railway from a Red Army attack. Janoušek was wounded again and treated in hospital in Irkutsk until the end of June. On 25 May France, one of the interventionist powers, awarded him the "Croix de Guerre" with palm leaf. Janoušek's company set off for Vladivostok on 10 October 1919. On 6 December the unit sailed from Vladivostok aboard a Japanese steamship, the "Yonan Maru". Janoušek and his unit finally reached Prague on 2 February 1920.