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diff --git a/10972-h/10972-h.htm b/10972-h/10972-h.htm index 0046ec5..cab4a49 100644 --- a/10972-h/10972-h.htm +++ b/10972-h/10972-h.htm @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> -<html> +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> <head> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> -<title>The Project Gutenberg eBook of With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia, by John Ward</title> -<style type="text/css"> - <!-- +<meta charset="utf-8"> +<title>With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia | Project Gutenberg</title> +<link rel="icon" href="images/cover.jpg" type="image/x-cover"> +<style> * { font-family: Times;} P { margin-top: .75em; font-size: 12pt; @@ -28,55 +28,49 @@ a:visited {color:blue; text-decoration:none} a:hover {color:red} - // --> + .center {text-align:center;} </style> </head> <body> -<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 10972 ***</div> -<h1>The Project Gutenberg eBook, With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia, by John Ward</h1> -<br> -<center><b>E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram, Steven desJardins,<br> - and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders</b></center> -<br> -<br> +<div style='text-align:center'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 10972 ***</div> + <hr class="full"> <p> </p> <h1>With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia</h1> <h2>By Col. John Ward </h2> -<center> +<div class="center"> <b>C.B., C.M.G., M.P.</b> -</center> +</div> <p> </p> <p class="figure"> <a href="images/img01.jpg"> -<img width="30%" src="images/img01.jpg" -alt="Colonel Ward, C.B., C.M.G., M.P." /></a><br /> +<img src="images/img01.jpg" alt="Colonel Ward, C.B., C.M.G., M.P." style="width: 30%"></a><br > <b>Colonel Ward, C.B., C.M.G., M.P.</b></p> -<center> +<div class="center"> <i>With Eight Plates</i> -</center> +</div> <p> </p> -<center> +<div class="center"> 1920 -</center> +</div> <h3> TO MY COMRADES </h3> -<center> -OFFICERS, N.C.O.s AND MEN OF THE<br/> -18th, 19th, 25th AND 26th BATTALIONS OF<br/> +<div class="center"> +OFFICERS, N.C.O.s AND MEN OF THE<br> +18th, 19th, 25th AND 26th BATTALIONS OF<br> THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT -</center> +</div> <p> </p> -<center> -who, on sea and land, in sunshine and snow, so<br/> -worthily upheld the traditional gallantry and<br/> +<div class="center"> +who, on sea and land, in sunshine and snow, so<br> +worthily upheld the traditional gallantry and<br> honour of their people and country -</center> +</div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="RULE4_1"><!-- RULE4 1 --></a> +<a id="RULE4_1"><!-- RULE4 1 --></a> <h2> FORWARD </h2> @@ -175,9 +169,9 @@ neighbours to keep watch and guard. This madness can only be temporary. This great people are bound to recover, and become all the stronger for their present trials. </p> -<center> +<div class="center"> JOHN WARD. -</center> +</div> <p> <i>February, 1920</i>. </p> @@ -186,7 +180,7 @@ JOHN WARD. <p> </p> <hr> <p> </p> -<a name="TOC"><!-- TOC --></a> +<a id="TOC"><!-- TOC --></a> <h2> CONTENTS </h2> @@ -221,69 +215,62 @@ JOHN WARD. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="ILL"><!-- ILL --></a> +<a id="ILL"><!-- ILL --></a> <h2> LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS </h2> <p>Transcriber's Note: Copies of some illustrations from the original text were not available.</p> <p> </p> -<center> +<div class="center"> COL. JOHN WARD, C.B., C.M.G., M.P. <i>Frontispiece</i> -</center> +</div> <p> </p> -<center> +<div class="center"> <b>LANDING OF THE 25TH MIDDLESEX AT VLADIVOSTOK (No picture)</b> -</center> +</div> <p> </p> -<center> +<div class="center"> <b>ALLIED COMMANDERS IN FRONT OF HEADQUARTERS AT VLADIVOSTOK (No picture)</b> -</center> +</div> <p> </p> <p class="figure"> <a href="images/img02a.jpg"> -<img width="50%" src="images/img02a.jpg" -alt="Gen. Detriks (Czech) and Col. Ward After the Allied Council at Vladivostok" /></a><br /> +<img src="images/img02a.jpg" alt="Gen. Detriks (Czech) and Col. Ward After the Allied Council at Vladivostok" style="width: 50%"></a><br > <b>Gen. Detriks (Czech) and Col. Ward After the Allied Council at Vladivostok</b></p> <p> </p> <p class="figure"> <a href="images/img02b.jpg"> -<img width="50%" src="images/img02b.jpg" -alt="A Conference Outside Col. Ward's Headquarters Wagon" /></a><br /> +<img src="images/img02b.jpg" alt="A Conference Outside Col. Ward's Headquarters Wagon" style="width: 50%"></a><br > <b>A Conference Outside Col. Ward's Headquarters Wagon</b></p> <p> </p> <p class="figure"> <a href="images/img03.jpg"> -<img width="70%" src="images/img03t.jpg" -alt="Col. Ward and the Czech Leader (Col. Stephan) Examining the Ussurie Front, After Taking Over the Command." /></a><br /> +<img src="images/img03t.jpg" alt="Col. Ward and the Czech Leader (Col. Stephan) Examining the Ussurie Front, After Taking Over the Command." style="width: 70%"></a><br > <b>Col. Ward and the Czech Leader (Col. Stephan) Examining the Ussurie Front, After Taking Over the Command.</b></p> <p> </p> <p class="figure"> <a href="images/img04.jpg"> -<img width="80%" src="images/img04t.jpg" -alt="British Parade At Omsk" /></a><br /> +<img src="images/img04t.jpg" alt="British Parade At Omsk" style="width: 80%"></a><br > <b>British Parade at Omsk</b></p> <p> </p> <p class="figure"> <a href="images/img05a.jpg"> -<img width="90%" src="images/img05a.jpg" -alt="Russian Headquarters 'Staffka' At Omsk" /></a><br /> +<img src="images/img05a.jpg" alt="Russian Headquarters 'Staffka' At Omsk" style="width: 90%"></a><br > <b>Russian Headquarters "Staffka" At Omsk</b></p> <p> </p> <p class="figure"> <a href="images/img05b.jpg"> -<img width="75%" src="images/img05b.jpg" -alt="British Staff and C.O.'s Wagon" /></a><br /> +<img src="images/img05b.jpg" alt="British Staff and C.O.'s Wagon" style="width: 75%"></a><br > <b>British Staff and C.O.'s Wagon</b></p> <p> </p> -<center> +<div class="center"> <b>ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH AT IRKUTSK (No picture)</b> -</center> +</div> <p> </p> <p class="figure"> <a href="images/img06.jpg"> -<img width="50%" src="images/img06.jpg" -alt="Admiral Koltchak" /></a><br /> +<img src="images/img06.jpg" alt="Admiral Koltchak" style="width: 50%"></a><br > <b>Admiral Koltchak</b></p> <p> </p> @@ -291,7 +278,7 @@ alt="Admiral Koltchak" /></a><br /> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="RULE4_2"><!-- RULE4 2 --></a> +<a id="RULE4_2"><!-- RULE4 2 --></a> <h2> WITH THE "DIE-HARDS" IN SIBERIA </h2> @@ -301,7 +288,7 @@ alt="Admiral Koltchak" /></a><br /> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH1"><!-- CH1 --></a> +<a id="CH1"><!-- CH1 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER I </h2> @@ -864,7 +851,7 @@ ready for all emergencies. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH2"><!-- CH2 --></a> +<a id="CH2"><!-- CH2 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER II </h2> @@ -1274,7 +1261,7 @@ began. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH3"><!-- CH3 --></a> +<a id="CH3"><!-- CH3 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER III </h2> @@ -1600,7 +1587,7 @@ Inagaki will arrive at the north-western side of Dukoveskoie at <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH4"><!-- CH4 --></a> +<a id="CH4"><!-- CH4 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER IV </h2> @@ -2107,7 +2094,7 @@ east of Lake Baikal. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH5"><!-- CH5 --></a> +<a id="CH5"><!-- CH5 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER V </h2> @@ -2331,7 +2318,7 @@ not the reason for the presence of Japan. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH6"><!-- CH6 --></a> +<a id="CH6"><!-- CH6 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER VI </h2> @@ -2974,7 +2961,7 @@ of the station. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH7"><!-- CH7 --></a> +<a id="CH7"><!-- CH7 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER VII </h2> @@ -3352,7 +3339,7 @@ to their grievances. That is something at any rate. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH8"><!-- CH8 --></a> +<a id="CH8"><!-- CH8 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER VIII </h2> @@ -3917,7 +3904,7 @@ Europe again—so near and yet so far! <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH9"><!-- CH9 --></a> +<a id="CH9"><!-- CH9 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER IX </h2> @@ -4233,7 +4220,7 @@ duties. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH10"><!-- CH10 --></a> +<a id="CH10"><!-- CH10 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER X </h2> @@ -4693,7 +4680,7 @@ course of execution. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH11"><!-- CH11 --></a> +<a id="CH11"><!-- CH11 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER XI </h2> @@ -4961,7 +4948,7 @@ Admiral Koltchak, the Supreme Governor: OMSK, 19.11.18. 3 P.M. </p> <p> -From Colonel Ward.<br/> +From Colonel Ward.<br> To Admiral Koltchak. </p> <p> @@ -5029,9 +5016,9 @@ for this purpose. <p> Omsk, Siberia, <i>November</i>, 21, 1918. </p></blockquote> -<blockquote><center> +<blockquote><div class="center"> [COPY.] -</center> +</div> <p> From Second-Lieutenant P.C. Cornish-Bowden, 25th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. @@ -5396,7 +5383,7 @@ them, as they must in revolutions. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH12"><!-- CH12 --></a> +<a id="CH12"><!-- CH12 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER XII </h2> @@ -5515,7 +5502,7 @@ over the Urals once more. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH13"><!-- CH13 --></a> +<a id="CH13"><!-- CH13 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER XIII </h2> @@ -5729,7 +5716,7 @@ to embitter the struggle. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH14"><!-- CH14 --></a> +<a id="CH14"><!-- CH14 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER XIV </h2> @@ -5995,7 +5982,7 @@ have been a thousand pities to spoil." <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH15"><!-- CH15 --></a> +<a id="CH15"><!-- CH15 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER XV </h2> @@ -6203,7 +6190,7 @@ the movement of troops and supplies impossible. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH16"><!-- CH16 --></a> +<a id="CH16"><!-- CH16 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER XVI </h2> @@ -6333,9 +6320,9 @@ much to help in the work for the pacification of the labouring classes of Russia, and greatly strengthen Your Excellency's hold upon the hearts of the Russian people. </p> -<center> +<div class="center"> (Signed) JOHN WARD. -</center> +</div> <p> (<i>Lt.-Colonel, M.P., C.M.G., Commanding 25th Bn. Middlesex Regiment</i>.) @@ -6687,7 +6674,7 @@ all the same. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH17"><!-- CH17 --></a> +<a id="CH17"><!-- CH17 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER XVII </h2> @@ -7296,7 +7283,7 @@ pioneer is always limited to the material at hand. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH18"><!-- CH18 --></a> +<a id="CH18"><!-- CH18 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER XVIII </h2> @@ -7458,7 +7445,7 @@ began from the head, its re-birth is from the ground. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH19"><!-- CH19 --></a> +<a id="CH19"><!-- CH19 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER XIX </h2> @@ -8298,7 +8285,7 @@ on the spot of one of the great world problems. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH20"><!-- CH20 --></a> +<a id="CH20"><!-- CH20 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER XX </h2> @@ -8379,7 +8366,7 @@ rights. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH21"><!-- CH21 --></a> +<a id="CH21"><!-- CH21 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER XXI </h2> @@ -8825,7 +8812,7 @@ they secured only under the pressure of circumstances." <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH22"><!-- CH22 --></a> +<a id="CH22"><!-- CH22 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER XXII </h2> @@ -9072,7 +9059,14 @@ bridge—they usually exchanged a few shots with the American troops, and if pressed, marched back to the zone under the protection of a section of the very forces they had been raiding. The American command -naturally became more vigilant on the distant +naturally became more vigilant on the distant sections of the line, and this +forced the Bolsheviks to operate nearer and nearer the protected zone; +but in the meantime they managed to kill several Russian soldiers, wound +a few Americans, and destroy five different sections of the railway. +Then they operated too near the zone, and the American troops pressed +them straight into their own zone, where, to add insult to injury, they +claimed that in accordance with the American proclamation they could not +be molested as military operations were prohibited within the zone! </p> <p> Instead of proceeding to root out this nest of @@ -9162,7 +9156,7 @@ barbarism of the Bolshevik. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH23"><!-- CH23 --></a> +<a id="CH23"><!-- CH23 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER XXIII </h2> @@ -9470,7 +9464,7 @@ Czech co-operation had arrived a year previously. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="CH24"><!-- CH24 --></a> +<a id="CH24"><!-- CH24 --></a> <h2> CHAPTER XXIV </h2> @@ -9683,7 +9677,7 @@ than balanced the account. <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<a name="IDX"><!-- IDX --></a> +<a id="IDX"><!-- IDX --></a> <h2> Index </h2> @@ -10280,6 +10274,6 @@ Zochinko, General </pre> -<div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 10972 ***</div> +<div style='text-align:center'>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 10972 ***</div> </body> </html> diff --git a/10972-h/images/cover.jpg b/10972-h/images/cover.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..d18c7d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/10972-h/images/cover.jpg |
