CHAPTER XIII 



BALAKLEYA 



Balakleya Cordial Welcome Monotony of Life at the Cadres Billiards 

 Captain Ivan Kovalevsky Champagne Breakfast Troikas Return to 

 St. Petersburg Russian Soldiers. 



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N the 3rd November, I arrived at my last station, 

 Balakleya (Fig. 40), where I was received in the 



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FIG. 40. Balakleya Brigade. 



kindest and most hospitable manner. The fact that the 

 officers had heard of my doings at Shandrovka, which is 



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