Chinese Revolution · BATTLE SITE · 1926

Battle of Tingsi Bridge (1926)

On the Chinese Revolution map as “Tingsi Bridge”

26–27 Aug 1926 — South of Wuhan, the Ironsides Fourth Army storms Wu Peifu’s fortified rail bridge, opening the road to the Yangtze. Communist organizers have gone ahead of the columns and raised peasant associations. Artillery helps the expedition advance, but so does the organizing and propaganda that precede it.

When: 26–27 Aug 1926
Type: Battle site
Chapter: Northern Expedition and United Front (chapter 4 of Chinese Revolution)
Atlas: China in Revolution, 1911–1949

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Map showing Battle of Tingsi Bridge (1926), battle site in China in Revolution, 1911–1949 — BATTLE SITE · CHINA IN REVOLUTION, 1911–1949

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · USOfficeoftheHistorian — ChineseRevolutionof1949 · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 — dated political boundaries · Natural Earth — physical reference geography · USMA: Warlords, 1925 · USMA: Nationalist China, 1929-37

Source details

USOfficeoftheHistorian — ChineseRevolutionof1949. Historical facts consulted; original prose/artwork not republished
Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. CC BY4.0 · Dated polity and constituent territory selections; campaign-dependent occupation overlays reconstructed separately.
Natural Earth. Public domain
United States Military Academy, Department of History, Digital History Center. Source-map facts used for independent geographic reconstruction; original chart artwork is not republished
United States Military Academy, Department of History, Digital History Center. Source-map facts used for independent geographic reconstruction; original chart artwork is not republished

Warlord regions use the nearest published coalition map from 1925 or 1928–1937. District-level allegiances changed, so these are represented by a disclosed regional reference.

The Northern Expedition geometry shows the annual campaign phase for 1927; the chapter anchor remains unchanged.

proxy: 1925clique;laterManchurianregionaloutline · proxy: 1938–1945 earliest separate multipart source reference · reconstruction: 1927 annual campaignphase · reconstruction: 1927.05 · trace: 1925 regionalcoalitions · trace: 1928–1937 regional coalitions · vector: 1927–1927

Layer records and reconstruction methods