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THE COURIER
OF THE CZAR
Irkutsk was isolated from the rest of
the world.
The grand duke could do nothing but
organize resistance, a thing which he
did with that firmness and coolness of
which he had given under other cir
cumstances incontestable proofs.
News of the taking of Ichim, of
uy me emir ami his allies.
The junction of these divers corps
took place on the 25th of September at
the camp of Angara, and all the army,
except the garrisons left in the princi
pal conquered towns, was concentrated
under the orders of Feofar-Khau.
The passage of the Angara having
been regarded by Ivan Ogareff as irn-
Michael Strogoff and Nadia could
hear the firing of guns, the cries cf dis
tress, the shouts of the Tartars that
made themselves heard up the river.
Then little by little those cries of deep
anguish and of ferocious joy were lost
iu ilie distance.
“Ob, those poor companions!” whis
pered Nadia.
For half an hour the current quickly
carried along the block of ice which
was bearing Michael Strogoff and Na
dia. At every moment they feared that
they might sink under the water. Be
ing caught in the stream, it followed
the middle of the river, and it would
uot be necessary to give it an oblique
direction until there was question of
making for the quays of Irkutsk.
Michael Strogoff, with his teeth set
and his ears ready to catch the least
sound, did not utter a single word.
Never was lie so near attaining his
end. He felt that he was about to suc
ceed.
Toward 2 o’clock in the morning a
double row of lights lit up tlie somber
horizon ou the two banks of tlie An
gara.
On the right was the glare from the
lights of Irkutsk, on the left the fires
cf the Tartar camp.
Michael Strogoff was not more than
half a verst from the city.
“At last!” whispered he.
But suddenly Nadia gave a cry.
At that cry Michael Strogoff rose up
from the block, which became very un
steady. His hand stretched out toward
the head of the Angara. His face, all
lit up with the reflections of blue lights, j
became terrible to look at, and then, as j
though his eyes had been reopened to
the light, he cried:
“Ah, God himself is against us!”
CHAPTER XVII.
KKUTSK, capital of east
ern Siberia, has in ordi
nary times a population
of 30,000 souls. A high j
hill of solid rock, skirting
the right bank of the An
gara, serves as a splen-
id position for its churches, crowned
y a high cathedral, and for its houses,
iiilt in picturesque disorder along its
opes.
Seen from a certain distance, from
le top of the mountain which runs
ong the great Siberian route at a dis-
nce of some twenty versts, with its
>mes and belfries, its graceful spires,
•:e those of minarets, its spiral domes,
has a somewhat oriental appearance,
at that oriental appearance vanishes
om the eyes of the traveler from the
oment he enters the town. The ten n,
if Byzantine, half Chinese, becomes
once European by its macadamized
eets, Jjofdered .with sidewalks, with
tueir rows of gigantic birch trees, by
its brick and wooden houses, some of
which have several stories, by its many
splendid equipages—in line, by the
whole body pf its inhabitants beine
very advanced in tlie progress of civ
ilization. and to which the latest fash
ions of Paris are not at all strangers.
At that epoch Irkutsk, refuge for tli
Siberians of the province, was crowded
It abounded iu resources of every kino
Irkutsk is the emporium for all tlia
countless merchandise which is ex
changed between China, central Asia
and Europe. They did not fear to
draw there, the peasants from the val
ley of the Angara, the Mongols-Kliai-
kas. people from Toungouze and Bou-
ret, and to allow the wilderness to
stretch out between the invaders and
tlie town.
Irkutsk is the residence of the gov
ernor general of eastern Siberia. Un
der him is a civil governor, in whose
hands is concentrated the administra
tion of the province, a head of the po
lice, who has a great deal to do in a
town where exiles aoound, and lastly
a mayor, one of the leading merchants,
an important personage by bis im
mense fortune and by the influence
which he has over his fellow citizens.
The garrison of Irkutsk was tiien
composed of a regiment of foot Cos
sacks, which numbered about 2,000
men, a body of foot gendarmes, who
wore the helmet and blue uniforms
striped with silver.
Besides, it is known that on account
of particular circumstances the brother
of the czar had been shut up in the
town siuce the commencement of the
invasion.
That situation must be given in de
tail.
It was a journey of political impor
tance that had led the grand duke into
those distant provinces of eastern Asia.
The grand duke, after having visited
the principal cities of Siberia, traveling
in military rather than princely style,
without any retinue, escorted by a de
tachment of Cossacks, had gone even
as far as the countries beyond the Bal
kan mountains. Nicholaevsk, the last
Russian town which is situated cn the
shores of the sea of Okhotsk, h&d been
honored by his visit.
Having reached the boundaries of the
immense Muscovite empire, the grand
duke was returning to Irkutsk, from
whence he would soon return to Eu
rope, when the news reached him of
that invasion, which was as sudden as
it was menacing. He hastened to re-
enter'Hhe capital, but when he arrived
there communication with Russia had
been cut off. He still received a few tel-
grams from St. Petersburg and Mos
cow. He could even answer them.
Afterward the wire was cut under the
circumstances already known to the
reader, .... —
i Omsk, of Tomsk, came successively to ; practicable before Irkutsk, a stron„
j Irkutsk. They could uot couut on be- > kody 0 f troops crossed at some versts
| ing soon relieved, but they must pro- • the river ou some bridges of
vent at all price the occupation of the j b oa t s which bad been established for
i capital of Siberia. Ihe few troops scat- j tfiat purpose. The grand duke did not
I tered over the province of Amur and attempt to oppose that passage. He
1 those iu the government of Irkutsk could only have harassed them without
could not arrive in sufficient numbers preventing it, not having any field-
to arrest the Tartar columns. Besides, pieces at his disposal, and this is the
since Irkutsk could not possibly escape reason he remained cooped up in Ir-
being invested, it was of the utmost kutsk.
importance to put the town in a posi- | Ivan Ogareff, a clever engineer, was
tion to sustain a siege of some length, i certainly able to direct the operations
Those works were begun on the day of a regular siege, but he had not the
on which Tomsk fell into the hands of material to carry forward his opera-
tlie Tartars. At the same time as that tions quickly. So he had hoped to sur-
Iast news the grand duke learned that prise Irkutsk, the eud of ail his efforts,
the emir of Bokhara and the allied One can see that things had turned
khans were directing the movement in out otherwise than lie had reckoned,
person, but what he did not know was On the one hand, the march of the Tar-
ihat the lieutenant of those barbarous tar army delayed by the battle of
chiefs was Ivan Ogareff, a Russian offi- . Tomsk; on the other, the rapidity with
cer whom lie himself had cashiered. which the works of defense had been
From the first, as lias been seen, the carried on by the grand duke. For
inhabitants of tlie province of Irkutsk these two reasons his projects had fail-
had been ordered to abandon tbe towns , ed. He found himself therefore under
and villages. Those who did not seek I the necessity of carrying on a regular
refuge in the capital were compelled to siege.
retire beyond Lake Baikal, to where I Meanwhile by his advice the emir at-
the invasion would not likely extend its | tempted twice to take the town at the
ravages. The crops of corn and forage price of a great sacrifice of men. He
were requisitioned for the town, and ; threw the soldiers against the eartb-
tliat last rampart of Russian power in j works w r hieh seemed to present some
the extreme east was prepared to re
sist for some time.
Irkutsk, founded in 1G11, is situated
at the confluence of the Irkut and the
Angara, on the right bank of the river.
Two wooden bridges, built ou piles and
so arranged as to open the whole width
of the river for the necessities of navi
gation, joined the town with its out
skirts which extended along the left
bank. The outskirts were abandoned,
the bridges destroyed. The passage of
tiie Angara, which was very wide at
that place, would not have been possi
ble under the fire of the besieged. But
the river could be crossed either above
or below the town, and as a conse
quence Irkutsk was in danger of being
attacked on tlie east side, which no
rampart protected.
It was, then, in works of fortification
that the hands were first employed.
They worked day and night. The grand
duke fouud a spirited population In
supplying that need, and afterward he
found them most brave in its defense.
Soldiers, merchants, exiles, peasants,
all devoted themselves to the common
safety. Eight days before the Tartars
had appeared on the Angara ramparts
of earth had been raised. A moat,
flooded with the waters of the Angara,
had been dug between tbe inner and
outer wall of the fortification. The
city could no longer be taken by a sud
den assault. It must be invested and
besieged.
Tlie third Tartar column—that -which
had ascended the valley of the Yeni
sei-appeared in sight of Irkutsk on the
24th of September. It immediately oc
cupied the abandoned outskirts, of
which tbe very houses had been de
stroyed in order not to impede the ac
tion of the archduke’s artillery, which
was unfortunately very insufficient.
The Tartars organized themselves
while waiting the arrival of the two
other columns which were commanded
weak points, but the two assaults were
repelled with the greatest courage. The
grand duke and his officers did not
spare themselves on that occasion.
They led the civil population to the
ramparts. Civilians and mujiks did
their duty remarkably well. At the
second assault the Tartars bad succeed
ed in forcing one of the gates of the
town. A fight took place at the be
ginning of the principal street, the Bol-
chaia, which is two versts in length
and terminates at the banks of the An
gara. But the Cossacks, the gendarmes
and the citizens opposed to them a
strong resistance, and the Tartars had
to return to their positions.
Ivan Ogareff thought then of trying
to win by treachery what force could
not give him. His project, it is known,
was to make his way alone into the
town and present himself before the
grand duke with some plausible tale
to win his confidence and when the mo
ment came to deliver one of the gates
to the besiegers; afterward, that done,
to glut his vengeance on the brother of
the czar.
The gypsy, who had accompanied
him to the camp of the Angara, urged
him to put this project into execution.
And, indeed, it was necessary to act
without delay. The Russian troops of
the government of Irkutsk were march
ing to the relief of Irkutsk. They were
concentrating on the higher waters of
the Lena and marching up the valley.
They would surely arrive before six
days. It was necessary, then, that Ir
kutsk should be delivered up by treach
ery before six days.
Ivan Ogareff did not hesitate any lon
ger.
One evening, the 2d of October, a
council of war was being held in the
targe room of the governor general’s
palace. It was there the grand duke
resided.
. r This palace overlooked for a great
j instance the course of the river, From
; its front windows one could perceive
: the Tartar camp, aud had the Tartars
: possessed artillery of a longer range
1 they c-ould have rendered it uninhab
itable.
The grand duke, General Voranzoff
and the governor of the town, the head
merchant, with whom had been joined
a number of superior officers, had just
passed divers resolutions.
“Gentlemen.” said the grand duke,
“you know exactly our situation. I
have a firm hope that we shall be able
to hold out until tbe arrival of troops
from Iakoutsk. We shall then know
well how to drive away these barbar
ous hordes, and it will not be my fault
if they don’t pay dearly for this inva
sion of Russian territory.”
“Your highness knows that we can
rely ou the whole population of Ir-
: kutsk,” replied General Voranzoff.
“Yes,” said the grand duke, “and I
! render homage to its patriotism. Thank
! God, it has not as yet suffered from the
horrors of an epidemic or a famine, and
! I have reason to think it will escape
: them. But at the ramparts I could not
help admiring their courage. I trust
the chief of the merchants hears my
words, and I beg him to report them as
i such.”
1 "I thank your highness iu the name
of the town,” answered the chief of the
merchants. “May 1 dare to ask you
when you expect at latest the arrival
of the army of relief?”
“In six days at most,” answered the
grand duke. “A sharp and courageous
emissary has been able to penetrate
into the town this morning, and he has
informed me that 50,000 Russians are
advancing by forced marches under the
orders of General Kissel}'. They were
two days ago on the banks of the Lena,
at Kirensk. and now neither cold nor
snow will prevent their arrival. Fifty j
thousand good troops, taking the Tar
tars on the flank, would soon relieve |
us.”
“I would add,” said the chief of the
merchants, “that the day on which
your highness shall order a sortie we
shall be ready to execute your orders.”
“Very well, sir,” answered the grand
duke. “Let us wait until the leading
columns appear on the heights, and we
will crush the invaders.”
. Then, turning to General Voranzoff.
“We will visit tomorrow,” said he, “the
works on the right bank. The Angara
will soon become icebound, and per
haps the Tartars will bo able to cross
it.”
“Will your highness permit me to
make an observation?” said the chief
of the merchants.
“Make it, sir.”
“I have seen the temperature fall
many a time to 30 and 40 below zero,
and the river has been filled with float
ing pieces of ice without being entirely
frozen. This is ow ing no doubt to tbe
rapidity of the current. If, then, the
Tartars have no other means of cross
ing the river. I can assure your high
ness they cannot possibly cross in that
manner.” The governor general con
firmed this assertion.
“It is a very fortunate circumstance,”
answered the grand duke. “Neverthe
less let us be prepared for every emer
gency.”
Then, turning to the head of the po
lice, he asked him:
“Have you nothing to say to me?”
“I have to place before your high
ness,” said the head of the police, “a
petition which has been addressed to
you.”
“By whom?”
“By the exiles of Siberia, who, as
your highness knows, are to the num
ber of 500 in this city.”
The political exiles, scattered all over
the province, had indeed been concen
trated at Irkutsk from the commence
ment of the invasion. They had obey
ed tbe order to rally at the town and
to abandon tbo villages where they ex
ercised different professions. Some
were doctors, others professors, either
at tbe Japanese school or at tbe school
of navigation. From the beginning the
grand duke, iike the czar, trusting to
their patriotism, had armed them, ana
he had found in them brave defenders.
“What do the exiles ask for?” said
the grand duke.
“They ask your highness’ permis
sion,” answered the head of the police,
“to form a special corps aud to lead the
sortie.”
“Yes,” said the grand duke, with an
emotion which he did not seek to con
ceal, “these exiles are Russians, and it
is indeed their right to fight for their
country.”
“I can assure your highness,” said
the governor general, “that we have no
better soldiers.”
“But they must have a leader,” said
the grand duke. “Who shall he be?”
“Would your highness like to have
one,” said the head of the police, “who
has distinguished himself on many oc
casions?”
I “Is he a Russian?”
“Yes. a Russian of the Baltic prov-
j inees.”-
“What is his name?”
“Wassili Feodor.”
That exile was the father of Nadia.
Wassili Feodor, as is known, exer
cised at Irkutsk the profession of a
doctor. He was au educated and char
itable man and at the same time a man
! of the greatest courage and patriotism.
When he was not occupied with the
sick, he was engaged in organizing re
sistance. It was he who had united his
companions in exile in common action.
The exiles, up to that time scattered
among the population, had borne them
selves in battle in such a manner as to
draw the attention of the grand duke.
In several sorties they had paid with
their blood their debt to holy Russia-
holy indeed and adored by her children.
Wassili Feodor had conducted himself
heroically.- Ou several occasions his
name had been mentioned as the brav
est of the brave, but he had asked nei
ther for graces nor favors, and when
the exiles formed a special corps he
had no idea they would choose him as
their leader. When the head of the
police had pronounced that name be
fore the grand duke, the latter replied
that it was not unknown to him.
“Indeed,” answered General Voran
zoff, “Wassili Feodor is a man of valor
and courage. Ilis influence over his
companions has always been very
great.”
“How long has he been at Irkutsk?”
asked the grand duke.
“Two years.”
“And his conduct?”
“His conduct.” answered the head
of the police, “is that of a man who
submits to ihe special laws under
which he lives.”
“General,” answered the grand duke,
“have the goodness to present him im
mediately.”
The orders of the grant! duke were
executed, and a half uour had not pass
ed before Wassili Feodor was intro
duced into his presence.
He was a man soma, forty years old
t or more, tail, with a sad and severe
countenance. One felt that all his life
was summed up in this one v; rd.
struggle, and that he had struggled
aud suffered all his life, iiis traits re
minded one remarkably of those of his
daughter, Nadia Feodor.
More than any other thing the Tartar
invasion had cut him iu his dearest af
fection and ruined the last L ; • of
that father, exiled to a distan'-o i; f
more than 8,000 versts from his native
place. A letter had informed him of
the death of his wife and at the aae
time of the departure of his dau. or,
who had obtained from the government
permission to rejoin him at Irkutsk.
Nadia hail to leave Riga ou the Hi
of July. Tire invasion was on the 15th.
If at that time Nadia had crossed due
frontier, what had become of her iu the
midst of the invaders? One can con
ceive how this unhappy father must
have been devoured with anxiety, since
from that time be had received no
news of his daughter.
Wassili Feodor in the presence cf the
grand duke bowed and waited to be in
terrogated.
“Wassili Feodor.” said to liim the
grand duke, “your companions have
asked to form a picked corps. Bo you
know that in that corps they must
fight to the last man?”
“They know it,” answered Wassili
Feodor.
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