... that with a force of just 3,500 men, French lieutenant colonel Natalis Constant Darche was able to hold up the advance of the German
5th Army for three weeks at
Longwy in August 1914?
... that nine-year-old Xiang Xuan was the youngest soldier to take part in the
Long March?
Image 2A topographical map of China depicting the Yangtze's steady course and the former route of the
Yellow River south of Shandong to the
Huai mouth, after its stabilization by the Grand Eunuch
Li Xing's public works following the
1494 flood (from Yangtze)
Image 16The
Jinsha, "Golden Sands River", in Yunnan (from Yangtze)
Image 17Xiling Gorge, one of the Three Gorges (from Yangtze)
Image 18The
silver carp is native to the river, but has (like other
Asian carp) been spread through large parts of the world with
aquaculture. (from Yangtze)
Image 19The
Chinese mitten crab is a commercially important species in the Yangtze, but
invasive in other parts of the world. (from Yangtze)
Image 20The first turn of the Yangtze at Shigu (石鼓) in
Yunnan, where the river turns 180 degrees from southbound to northbound (from Yangtze)
Image 24The "Great River" (大江) with its entrance to the
East China Sea marked as the "Mouth of the Yangtze" (揚子江口) on the
Jiangnan map in the 1754 Provincial Atlas of the
Qing Empire (from Yangtze)
Image 25Map of the Yangtze river (facing west) showing the major settlements along its banks (from Yangtze)
Image 26The glaciers of the
Tanggula Mountains, the traditional source of the Yangtze River (from Yangtze)
Image 27USS Long as minesweeper, Oct 1943 (from USS Long)
Image 28Afternoon in the jagged mountains rising from the Yangtze River gorge (from Yangtze)
Image 29The entirely aquatic
Chinese giant salamander is the world's largest amphibian, reaching up to 1.8 m (5.9 ft) in length. (from Yangtze)
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