“The Chinese coolies in the pay of the English army, inspire real terror in the country they occupy (… ) many misdeeds are attributed to them, some even committed with weapons in hand. (We) urgently (ask) public authorities that the district of Péronne be freed and that they be shipped back to Asia. “ Chamber of Commerce …
Daily Archives: October 25, 2016
In Memoriam, 25 October
Four men of the Chinese Labour Corps died on this day. LI HSU T’ANG ‘5174’ 1918 LI SHIH CHUN ‘34195’ 1918 CHANG PAI CHUNG ‘38545’ 1919 HSIANG YEN LING ‘94306’ 1919 We Remember Them.