CHAPTER IX

THE DAYS OF MOSCOW--II

Reports of the revolution--Guns on the Theatre Square--Explosion in a gun-shop--Increase in the fighting--Sledges refuse the wounded--The merciful soldier--A schoolboy killed--The revolutionist position--The barricade forts--Barricades never held--The revolutionist tactics--Varieties in barricade--The troops protect their right flank--Barricades still growing--Police in disguise 155