ABSTRACT
Successful, as ever, in the field, he “ punished” the rebellious Tchetchens, burning their villages, destroying their forests, beating them in skirmishes that never de veloped into battles, and, occasionally, even seeking to win them over by an unwonted display of clemency.2 To out ward appearance his success was complete. There was once more peace on the Line, and for a time no more was heard of the Ghazavàt. Yermóloff returned to Tiflis, disturbed in mind, yet little thinking what Fate had in store for him.
