Revolutionary troops in a trench

Revolutionary troops in a trench

Notes

University of Bristol – Historical Photographs of China reference number: WS01-038.  This image is reproduced by page 63 in 'China's Revolution 1911-1912 'by Edwin J. Dingle (1912) and captioned: "THE RAW MATERIAL OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY. 'Enlisted on Tuesday, drilled on Wednesday, shot on Thursday,' was often the record of a revolutionary recruit".

Caption in album or on mount

Revolutionary troops in action.

Location

Wuhan

Date

October 1911

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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