A convoy of sledges and carts went to the western bank on the same day to take the first allotment of bread to Leningrad. On November 22 a convoy of 60 lorries set out from Vaganovo to Kobona. The ice was still thin, and it crunched and cracked under the weight of the lorries. But Leningrad gripped by hunger, anxiously awaited them. The first column, which opened traffic on the lifeline three days ahead of schedule, could bring very little to the city, only 33 tons of flour. Each lorry could take not more than 5 to 6 sacks. But a beginning was made. Conditions along the road were particularly hard in the initial period.
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