February in Scottish History
February 1st
- On 1 February 1919, tanks and soldiers patrolled the streets of Glasgow after “Bloody Friday” when 20,000 strikers gathered in George Square. By the time the strike ended in early February, up to 10,000 troops had been sent to the city. No Scots troops were deployed, as the government feared they would join the workers if a revolutionary situation had developed in Glasgow. The strike had been called to demand a 40-hour week. After it ended, strikers in the shipbuilding industry negotiated a 47-hour week settlement.
- https://www.scotclans.com/scotland/on-this-day/february-in-scottish-history/
New Scotland 
The photo (before additions) was taken on a fundraising parade in January 1918. The force called into the city by the Sheriff of Lanarkshire was mainly Scots. The tanks, taken by an army that feared a re-run of Dublin in 1916, arrived on the following Monday and never left the Cattle Market. https://www.academia.edu/37649385/_Churchill_rolled_the_tanks_into_the_crowd_mythology_and_reality_in_the_military_deployment_to_Glasgow_1919
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