A Terrible Story From Poltava.
Peasants raided the State granary at Tiukalinsk, in the Siberian province of Tomsk, dispering and killing many of the police A hundred peasants had died of famine prior to revolting. Martial law has been proclaimed in five districts in the Government oi Poltava. The “ Morning Leader” states that five hundred infantry at Poltava declined to fire on a crowd which included woman and girls who were armed with reaping hooks and hay forks. The troops declared they would not shoot women. All were court-martialled, and every tenth man was shot. The remainded were degraded and sentenced to penal servitude. An army Order declared that troops should be soldiers first and citizens afterwards. They must shoot straight as on the battlefield.
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Manawatu Herald, 8 May 1902, Page 2
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125A Terrible Story From Poltava. Manawatu Herald, 8 May 1902, Page 2
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