CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-04-16

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been strengthened by their orders The
picked corps of wassIli Feodor occu
pied the north of the town. but with
the injunction to march at once TO
where the danger should be most press
ing. The right bank of the Angara was
protected by the only artillery a, their
disposal
With these measures taken in time.
thanks to the opporiune recommends
tions of Ivan ogaren there was every
reason to hop- that the prepared attack
would not succeed In that case the
Tartars. discouraged for the time. with
out doubt would defer for a few days
any new attack against the town BE
sides. the troops expected by the grand
duke might arrive any hour. The safe
~ or the loss of lrkutsk hung on a
thread
ON that day the sun. which had risen
at twenty minutes past 4. had set al
$50 Twilight would still have TO strug
gle with night for two hours Then
space would be filled with thick dark
ness for heavy clouds hung still in the
air. and the moon would not appear
This profound obscurity would favor
more completely the plans of Ivan Ogs
ref.
Already. for some days, an extremely
keen frost had come as a prelude to
the rigors of tbe Siberian winter. and
on that night the cold was still NOR.
-rha SDfifarS raSfai IN he
right hank of the Ancara. being forced
to hide their presence. had not kindlt'd
any tires They therefore suffered
drradfully from great lowering OF the
temperature. AT some feet below them
the Ice blocks noated past. following
the current OF the river
During all that day they had seen
them in close ranks floating rapidly
betw tween tue two banks That circum
stance. observed by the grand duke and
his otii,~rs. had been considered as for
tunate II was evident that II the bed
Of the riv>s became obstructed the pas
cage of IL would become altogether i'm
practicable.
The Tsrtars would not be able to
manage either RATS or boats. As for
attempting 10 cross the river over the
blocks Of Ice when the cold should have
Bined them. that was not possible. The
1eld. newly cemenrcd. would not have
been strong enough for the passage
over 1t OF an attacking column.
But Ivan ogaref did not regret that
circumstance. although II appeared IA
vorable to the defenders of lrkutsk. for
the traitor knew well that the rartars
were not seeking TO cross the Angara
and that at least on that side the at
tempt would only be a feint Never
theless toward 10 O'Clock at night the
state of the river visihly changed. to
the extreme surprise OF the besieged
and now to their disadvantage. The
passage. up to that time impracticable,
suddenly became possible, The bed OF
the Angara soon became free. The
floating ice. which for some days had
ties, disappeared. and very little could
be seen between the two banks,
The Russian officers, who had no
ticed this change in the state OF the
river. made il known 10 the grand
duke Besides. 1t was explained In this
way that AT some narrow portion Of the
Angara the floating ice had accumu-
lated and found a barrier. We know
that such was the case. The passage
OF the Angara was therefore open to
the besiegers: hence the necessity for
the Russians to watch with greater at
tention than ever.
In the camp of the Angara there was
plenty Of agitation. as was proved by
the lights constantly fitting about. AT
a verst up above. as also down below
the point where the fertilization slopes
down to the river. there was . dull
murmur, which proved that the Tar
tars were on foot, waiting for some
signal Again an hour passed by.
Nothing new.
Two O'Clock in the morning was about
to strike from the clock tower Of the
cathedral OF lrkutsk and NO movement
had taken place TO disclose the hostile
inteotions OF the besieserA The grand
duks and his od1cers began 10 ask
themselves II they had NOT been led
into error. II II had really entered into