Image: BritishTroopsArriveTsingtao1914

Description: Photograph of British troops landing to assist Japanese troops in capturing Tsingtao from Germany, 1914. Illustrated War News caption : "WATCHED WITH INTEREST BY THEIR "GALLANT JAPANESE COMRADES": BRITISH TROOPS LANDED TO CO-OPERATE AGAINST TSING-TAU. In his telegram to the Japanese Minister of War after the capture of Tsing-tau, Lord Kitchener said: "Please accept my warmest congratulations on the success of the operations against Tsing-tau. Will you be so kind as to express my felicitations to the Japanese forces engaged? The British Army is proud to have been associated with its gallant Japanese comrades in this enterprise." The British force, under Brigadier-General N. Barnardiston, Commanding the Forces in North China, landed in Lao-shan Bay on September 24. Some Indian troops also took part in the fighting. The Emperor of Japan sent a message to the British force saying that he "deeply appreciates the brilliant deeds of the British Army and Navy co-operating with the Japanese."—[Photo. by C.N.]"
Title: BritishTroopsArriveTsingtao1914
Credit: Illustrated War News November 18 1914. Downloaded from gutenberg.org : http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18333
Author: British Government
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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