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MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · August 27

THE DAY IN HISTORY · AUGUST 27

August 27 in history

1926 — 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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