THE DAY IN HISTORY · AUGUST 27
August 27 in history
What happened on August 27: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1926, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Tingsi Bridge
26–27 Aug 1926 — The Ironsides Fourth Army storms Wu Peifu’s fortified rail bridge south of Wuhan; the road to the Yangtze is open. Communist organizers ahead of the columns have already raised the peasant associations — the expedition advances on rails of propaganda as much as artillery.
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