two o’clock in the morning
This he could not now delay in doing . All must be over by the time that the Russian troops should come in sight of Irkutsk . Ogareff 's arrangements were made , and on this evening a note fell from the top of the earthworks into Sangarre 's hands . On the next day , that is to say during the hours of darkness from the 5th to the 6th of October , at two o'clock in the morning , Ivan Ogareff had resolved to deliver up Irkutsk . IVAN OGAREFF 'S plan had been contrived with the greatest care , and except for some unforeseen accident he believed that it must succeed . It was of importance that the Bolchaia Gate should be unguarded or only feebly held when he gave it up . The attention of the besieged was therefore to be drawn to another part of the town .