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In the early days of September, 1918, when I passed with my battalion towards Omsk, this immense area had been reduced to order by the efforts of the Allies, at the head of which I place the gallant Czechs. The American forces arrived too late to take part in the military operations, but began to settle down to the work of administration with energy and ability.
He called, and it is as well to place here the report I made upon the subject at the time: From Lieutenant-Colonel John Ward, M.P., C.M.G., Omsk, Siberia. To G.O.C. China Command. Through B.M.M. H.Q. Headquarters B.M.M., Vladivostok. SIR, For State reasons I deem it necessary to give the following information that it may be forwarded home to the proper authorities.
"Bohdan Pavlu, at present at Omsk, is to represent our Government in Russia. "Our representatives in Japan and Serbia will be appointed later. "We have the honour to inform you that we have taken these decisions in agreement with the political leaders at home. During the past three years our whole political and military action has been conducted in complete agreement with them.
The whole party, under a Russian officer in English uniform, were attached to my train and taken to Perm, where instructions awaited them to proceed at once to Omsk. While examining the damage done during the street fighting at Perm we encountered a mob of the Red Guard who had marched over their own lines at Glashoff and surrendered to General Gaida.
Lunch over, I left the admiral to his generals and walked a little through this straggling, snow-swept town, firmly believing that we were about to start for Ufa. At 5 P.M. I was informed that the conferences were over and there were urgent reasons for an immediate return to Omsk.
The Middlesex Regiment made the first plunge at Zema, and others soon followed along the path indicated. We re-armed the local militia, and we took the remainder of the confiscated arms to Omsk, where they were taken over by the Russian authorities for the new Russian army.
No, really, we can't say anything about the weather. We must be original. "Er have you been to any theatres lately?" No, no, everybody says that. Well, then, what can we say? Let us try again. "How do you do. Er I see by the paper this evening that the Bolsheviks have captured Omsk." "Captured Whatsk?" "Omsk." Or was it Tomsk?
Omsk, the third town of Siberia, with 89,000 inhabitants, is the centre of this water system. More than 6000 miles of river can be navigated by large steamers, and nearly 30,000 by smaller boats.
And as Michael did not answer she added: "Perhaps your mother has been able to leave Omsk?" "It is possible, Nadia," replied Michael; "and I hope she may have reached Tobolsk. Marfa hates the Tartars. She knows the steppe, and would have no fear in just taking her staff and going down the banks of the Irtych. There is not a spot in all the province unknown to her.
It was he who, during the night, on the fair-ground had uttered that singular sentence, which Michael Strogoff could not understand; it was he who was voyaging on board the Caucasus, with the whole of the Bohemian band; it was he who, by this other route, from Kasan to Ichim, across the Urals, had reached Omsk, where now he held supreme authority.
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