Through the Russian Revolution . en, instead of strengthening the new institu-tions, had to rally to defend the ground on whichthey stood. Raids were continually directed against the fron-tiers of the workingmens republic. As soon as theenemy broke thru the cry went up The SocialistFatherland is in danger! Into every village andfactory hurried the call to arms. Each formed itslittle detachment, and along the roads and trailsthey marched up into the Manchurian Mountains,singing revolutionary hymns, and folk songs of thevillage. Poorly equipped and poorly fed, theyadvanced to pit themselves agai
Through the Russian Revolution . en, instead of strengthening the new institu-tions, had to rally to defend the ground on whichthey stood. Raids were continually directed against the fron-tiers of the workingmens republic. As soon as theenemy broke thru the cry went up The SocialistFatherland is in danger! Into every village andfactory hurried the call to arms. Each formed itslittle detachment, and along the roads and trailsthey marched up into the Manchurian Mountains,singing revolutionary hymns, and folk songs of thevillage. Poorly equipped and poorly fed, theyadvanced to pit themselves against a merciless, well-equipped foe. Just as Americans today cherish thememory of the tattered barefoot troops of Washing-ton, who left their blood-stained prints on the snowsof Valley Forge, so in the future Russians willthrill to the story of those first ragged groups ofRed Guards who, at the call of danger, grasped theirguns and went forth to the defense of the SovietRepublic. Beside the Red Guards were rising the units of the. ^3C a O • - .2 rr w «) f^ CJ 1 M o i- rrt 1- rt \r. & P rt
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