The Taeping Rebellion in China: fortified bridge, Soo-Chow, 1864. Engraving from a photograph, ...illustrative of the capture of the Chinese town of Soo-Chow by the Imperialist troops, under Major Gordon; and the subsequent destruction of the Taeping or rebel leaders...Between Quinsan and Soo-Chow there is a water communication by a creek which joins the Grand Canal, and several other creeks enter into it; but the Taepings had thrown dams across the creeks, and erected mud forts and stockades upon the bank at frequent intervals, and also fortified the bridges, so that the Imperialists had to go through much labour and some fighting as they advanced. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.