The Torpedo Boat in War
Among the lessons to be learnt from the Spanish-American war. it has been clearly demonstrated that torpedo boats are absolutely useless in daylight against…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1904
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The War
As was generally expected war between Japan and Russia has at last broken out. Japan was the aggressor, and opened business in' line style by…
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News from the seat of war is not of a very exciting nature. Japan is said to have gained control of the sea. The Russians have sunk a Japanese…
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Mr. Knight, the adventurose correspondent of the "Times," who got into Cuba after twenty-four hours' immersion in the water, about three months ago has returned…
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Monday.--The cables announce that 2000 Russians were engulfed when crossing the Baikal Lake, which was frozen. The ice broke under the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kusso--Japanese War. Mr Davitt's Lecture
Mr J. T. Davitt, B.A., delivered a most interesting and instructive lecture in the Masonic Hall, Katoomba, on Saturday evening last. The…
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Mr. Arnold Forster gives some amusing instances in the "National Review" of red tape at the War Office. A militiaman cannot 'be buried at a cost exceeding £2…
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Admiral Togo, reporting on the latest engagement at Port Arthur, states that the Japanese flotilla of torpedo-boat destroyers sank special…
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The war news is not of an exciting nature this week, but indications point to lively times in the near future. It is very difficult to get reliable news…
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The Russians are making herculean efforts to prepare the Baltic fleet to sail for the Ear East in July. German advices state that the…
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Reports from Chefoo state that Port Arthur was again bombarded by the Japanese, fleet on Sunday. The St. Petersburg correspondent of…
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News from the Beat of war still continues vague and unexciting. Latest advices go to show that the Japanese and Russians have met, but…
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Considering the attidude of the German Empire towards the other Great Powers it is interesting to learn the opinion is held by German…
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"I want two fardin' dips, Mr MacPherson." "Fardin' dips are up to a penny to noo." "An' hoo's that?" "It will be owin' to the war, I'll be thinkin.' "…
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Futher details of the recent engagement at Port Arthur, and the sinking of the Russian battleship Petropavloysk, are to hand…
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It is rumored in Russian circles, that 1700 Japanese, who formed one of the three columns which were, ordered to cross the Yalu into…
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On Monday news arrived showing that 16,000 Japanese had crossed the Yalu on Thursday last, and attacked 30,000 strongly-entrenched Russians…
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A St. Petersburg telegram states that the Japanese are masters of nearly the whole of the Liao-tung Peninsula. There is much depression…
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The " Chicago Daily News " states that a Japanese fleet entered Dalny Harbor at daybreak on Saturday, and carried on a heavy bombai[?]nent until…
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Since our last issue the Japanese have suffered a couple of serious losses at sea. Two of their most costly and largest warships have been…
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