""The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle" image recto: A sketch of a female Chinese refugee sitting on the ground. She is wearing a square brimmed hat, tunic and trousers and wooden sandals. image verso: Part of an ink sketch of a man sitting on the ground talking to another who is lying on the ground.