was especially severe. The Russians posted by the bank of the Angara, obliged to conceal their position, lighted no fires. They suffered cruelly from the low temperature. A few feet below them, the ice Boston Bruins Kepsar in large masses drifted down the current. All day these masses had been seen passing rapidly between the two banks.
This had been considered by the Grand Duke and his officers as fortunate. Should the channel of the Angara continue to be thus obstructed, the passage must be impracticable. The Tartars could use neither rafts nor boats. As to their crossing the river on the ice, that was not possible. The newly-frozen plain could not bear the weight of an assaulting column.
This circumstance, as it appeared favorable to the defenders of Irkutsk, Ogareff might have regretted. He did not do so, however. The traitor knew well that the Tartars would not try to pass the Angara, and that, on its side Leroy Sane Jersey at least, their attempt was only a feint.
About ten in the evening, the state of the river sensibly improved, to Admir Mehmedi Jersey the great surprise of the besieged and still more to their disadvantage. The passage till then impracticable, became all at once possible. The bed of the Angara was clear. The blocks of ice, which had for some days drifted past in large numbers, disappeared down Everton Barn the current, and five or six only now occupied the space between the banks. The Russian officers reported this change in the river to the Grand Duke. They suggested that it was probably caused by the circumstance that in some narrower part of the Angara, the blocks had accumulated so as to form a barrier.
We know this was the case. The passage of the Angara was thus open to the besiegers. There was great reason for the Russians to be on their guard.
Up to midnight nothing had occurred. On the Eastern side, beyond the Bolchaia Gate, all was quiet. Not a glimmer was seen in the dense forest, which appeared confounded on the horizon with the masses of clouds hanging low down in the sky. Lights flitting to and fro in the Angara camp, showed that a considerable movement was taking place. From a verst above and below the point where the scarp met the river’s bank, came a dull murmur, proving that the Tartars were on Arizona Diamondbacks Hattar foot, expecting some signal. An hour Norge Fodboldtrøjer passed. Nothing new.
The Sadio Mane Jersey bell of the Irkutsk cathedral was about to strike two o’clock in the morning, and Layvin Kurzawa Jersey not a movement amongst the besiegers had yet shown that they were about to commence the assault. The Grand Duke and his officers began Philips Sports Union Pelipaita to suspect that they had been mistaken. Had it really been the Tartars’ plan to surprise the town? The preceding nights had not been nearly so quiet — musketry rattling from the outposts, shells whistling through the air; and Manchester City Barn this time, nothing. The officers waited, ready to give their orders, according to circumstances.
We have said that Ogareff occupied a room Marseille Børn Fodboldtrøjer in the palace. It was a large chamber on the ground floor, its windows opening Colombia on a side terrace. By taking a few steps along this terrace, a view of the river could be obtained.
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