Notes

University of Bristol – Historical Photographs of China reference number: WS01-057. This image is reproduced in 'China's Revolution 1911-1912 'by Edwin J. Dingle (1912) and captioned: "THE FLIGHT OF THE GUN-JUNKS. These old-style revolutionary gunboats scudded away at the Battle of Kilometre Ten when Admiral Sah opened fire".  See WS01-089 (similar viewpoint).

Caption in album or on mount

Republican warjunks returning to Wuchang after unsuccessful attempt to recapture Kil. 10 railway station

Location

Wuhan

Date

October 1911

Tags

• war
• river
• boat
• junk
• sail
• revolution
• Revolution of 1911
• Xinhai Revolution
• Hsin-hai
• conflict
• rebellion
• warehouse
• lumber
• timber
• Bund
• Wyatt-Smith

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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