Subtitle: In The Chinese Labour Corps During The Great War
Author: Klein, Darryl
Year: 2009
ISBN: 9781847349361
Pages: 290
Language: English
Publisher: Naval and Military Press
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With the Chinks
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The Chinese Labour Corps were the ‘coolies’ recruited for menial tasks supporting the BEF in the Great War. 96,000 went to France – 2,000 died. This is a fascinating – if deeply patronising – portrait of them by one of their British officers.