Many of these forts had been reduced to ashes; and the boatmen even pointed out the smoke to Michael, rising in the southern horizon, and showing the approach of the Tartar advance-guard.
Forte gehienak errautsetan zeuden, eta gabarrariek Mikel Strogoffi erakusten zizkioten ke mataza batzuek, gora zurrunbiloka hegoaldeko zerumugan, abangoardia tatariarra hurbil zegoela frogatzen zuten.