The 24th (of April 1919), within a mile of Nikolskoye, we were stopped by a Chinamen, and not fifty feet from where the engine stopped the Bolsheviks had tore up one rail length. If it had not been for this Chinamen we would have run into a river as we were just about a hundred feet away from the approach to the bridge. Here we were stalled for a whole hour as we could not find the rail as I think they must have put it in the river. So, we had to take up a rail behind us. We were only about three miles from Nikolskoye and the only thing we could make out for taking out the rail was they must have thought they were going to wreck a troop train as some of our troop trains from Khabarovsk were due any time. When we got to Nikolskoye two of our companies were here and left.
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2 comments:
Уважаемый, события которые вы описываете, происходили на ДАЛЬНЕМ ВОСТОКЕ России, а это не Сибирь. Это уже совсем другой географический регион. Нужно быть немного более осведомленным по теме.
Hello Margaritka,
Thanks for viewing the blog. As you can tell I have not updated in some time. As to your criticism about my knowledge on the subject, I freely admit I am no expert - in fact I took great pains to point that out on the blog multiple times. However, the blog is based on the journals of an American soldier - Geroge Vogeli - who spent considerable time in Siberia and the surrounding areas. The specific entry you have commented on here is a word-for-word copying of the journal he kept while in service. "In Siberia" is simply the name of the blog. Yes, George did travel to other areas but he spent most of his time there. There are entries about his time in California, Japan, and the American Midwest - those too, are not in Siberia. Thanks again for visiting but your criticism is misguided.
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