For three years, George Hogg and his Bailie School boys lived almost peacefully in Shuangshipu. But in the summer of 1944, the Japanese army captured nearby Luoyang — forcing George to make a decision: the entire school had to move.⁣ ⁣ In November 1944, they set out on what became known as “The Little Long March” — a journey of nearly 1,000 kilometers through bitter winter.⁣ ⁣ From Hogg’s writings:⁣ “In five days we made fifty-seven kilometers over the mountains, and two carts overturned! It was the worst time of the year over high mountains in the coldest winter for twenty years and the roads were covered in snow and ice.”⁣ ⁣ Along the way, they were welcomed by villagers.⁣ ⁣ “They were greeted in every village they came to, treated with respect and kindness, given housing in those winter nights,” says Mark Aylwin Thomas, Hogg’s nephew.⁣ ⁣ By Christmas Eve 1944, the first group reached Shandan in Gansu. Their lorry nearly crashed on the icy mountain pass, but all survived. The next mo...