The garrison of Omsk, reduced to two thousand men, resisted valiantly. But driven back, little by little, from the mercantile portion of the place, they were compelled to take refuge in the upper town.
Omsken bi mila soldadu baino ez zeuden, eta, ausardiaz borrokatzen baziren ere, merkatarien hirian atzera egin behar izan zuten karrikaz karrika, emirraren gerlari sailek sakaturik, eta goiko hiriaren gerizan babesa hartu.