Chapter 235, Bait

God did not favor the Russians, and time sided with the enemy. By the time the Russian Army relayed the message to St. Petersburg, it was already deep into the night.

The officer in charge of drafting the telegram was a seasoned bureaucrat, who spent the beginning of the message detailing the battle outcomes, emphasizing the bravery, good fighting, and fearlessness of the Camian defenders' sacrifices etc., only getting to the report later on.

The duty bureaucrat, just coming down from a party and still in a foul mood from not having had his fill, quickly scanned the beginning and mistook it for a message seeking commendation, so he did not read on.

The great victory at Camian had already been reported two days prior, and celebrations had been held then. The details of the second report were naturally not as pressing and queued normally, with no need for urgency.