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Arrival and Departure of the Ice-Crushing Steamer "Baikal" at Baikal. Siberia

By this steamer the majority of Russian Troops are ferried across Lake Baikal on their way to the front, it being the only means (until the completion of the railway around the lake) of transporting reinforcements to General Kuropatkin, the capacity of the " Baikal " being 5,000 troops per day. This ice-crushing steamer was built on the Clyde and transported to the lake by rail in pieces, and was re-constructed under the supervision of the Scotch ship-builders.

URB 1905-02