CHAPTER VIII

THE DAYS OF MOSCOW--I

My start for the Caucasus--The railway strike begins--The peasants on the train--General strike--Provisions cut short--Friendly discussions with soldiers--A red flag procession--A Cossack charge--Silence at night--Government preparations--Revolutionists unwilling to rise--The Government’s design to bring on the outbreak--The attack on Fiedler’s house--Revolutionary force and arms--Reported danger of English overseers--The guns begin--The district of fighting--The revolutionary plan--The barricades--Difficulties of the spectator in street fighting--Interest of the crowd--Casualties begin--The red cross--Assistance to the wounded--The Government guns 129