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With the gunboats now at their disposal the morale of all ranks was greatly improved and it was thereupon decided to retake the position at Ignatavskaya immediately across the river from Kitsa, which position was held by the enemy, giving him the opportunity of sheltering thousands of his troops there with his artillery on the opposite side of the river to further protect them.
As they marched through the inky darkness of the woods the dummy guns began discharging which kept the enemy deceived as to our movements. As the last man crossed the river a rocket went up as a signal to the Engineers that "F" Company and the other infantry units had arrived safely at Ignatavskaya.
Preparing For Spring Defensive River Situation Ticklish Must Hold Till Our Gunboats Can Get Up "F" Company Crosses River On Cracking Ice Canadian Artillery Well Placed And Effectively Handled Holds Off Red Flotilla Engineers Help Clear Dvina With Dynamite Joyful Arrival Of British Gunboat "Glow Worm" We Retake Ignatavskaya Amusing Yet Dangerous Fishing Party British Relief Forces Arrive On Vaga Toulgas Is Lost And Retaken British-Russian Drive At Karpogora Fails Old White Guard Pinega Troops Hold Their City Against Red Drive Again Kodish And Onega Fronts Quiet Railroad Front Active But No Heavy Fighting General Richardson Helps Us Let Go Tail-Holt.
At 9:30 p. m. the boats brought down battalion after battalion of fresh Russian troops from Zaboria who were landed near our positions under cover preparatory to the attack on Ignatavskaya.
Our guns on the river in conjunction with the land batteries immediately opened up with a terrific bombardment, shelling the Bolo positions for twenty minutes until the infantry had gained the outposts of the village and a few moments later when the barrage had lifted they entered Ignatavskaya, which had been in the hands of the enemy for more than a month.
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