Scenes from the Hankow [Hankou] Revolution

Includes: instructing rebel recruits; rebels disembarking and entrenched at "Kilometer Ten", changing position of gun, and under fire; "train load of coolies" [term from original source, indentured/contract labourers]; rebel war junks at Kiukiang [Jiujiang]; rebel soldiers; imperial troops with Maxi...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/China/Photographs/Box 12
Date(s) of creation: 1911 - 1912
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/China/Photographs/Box 12
Summary: Includes: instructing rebel recruits; rebels disembarking and entrenched at "Kilometer Ten", changing position of gun, and under fire; "train load of coolies" [term from original source, indentured/contract labourers]; rebel war junks at Kiukiang [Jiujiang]; rebel soldiers; imperial troops with Maxim-Krupp rapid-fire machine gun; imperial scouts reconoitering; imperial troops resting; exploding shells on Hankow racecourse; Hankow fire at its height, 30 October 1911; Hankow ruins; print of map of city indicating damage caused.
Previous numbers: i(i)1-i(i)6; i(ii)1-i(ii)6; i(iii)1,3-5
Extent: 17 black and white prints and 1 envelope
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright probably expired
File number: 73
Copies: Duplicate of 'coolies' on train in file 70
Format: Archive