“On the 7th September, 1918, the tanker “British Sovereign” caught fire in Calais west dock, strewing a sheet of flame across the surface of the water, into which leapt the Chinese crew or dockers to escape the inferno. Every one of these poor wretches was horribly badly burned, and some died before they could reach the quayside.”

           Robert Chaussois, La Voix du Nord, 17th April 1997

Source: The Chinese Labour Corps (1916-1920) by Gregory James, p507