The Week's War News
Fighting on land has commenced with deadly earnestness. In the Japanese attack on Nanshan the Russians are stated to have made a…
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Fighting on land has commenced with deadly earnestness. In the Japanese attack on Nanshan the Russians are stated to have made a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Friday the eastern coast division of the Japanese troops fought a battle 15 miles from Fort Arthur. It is announced in Tokio that a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nothing of importance came through until Monday when news arrived that the Japanese entrapped a large body of Russians near Port Adams, about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News from the seat of war in the early part of the week went to show that Japan had been having a bad time. The big Russian warships fell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Admiral Togo states that his scouts discovered the Russian fleet outside Port Arthur on Thursday morning. There were six battleships, five…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The imminence of land fighting is inspiring the schoolboys of Russia to equip themselves with weapons of death. Hundreds of cases are reported of small…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"I saw you, and heard every word," cried Ruth, scornfully, her eyes flashing. They stood facing each other in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Japanese on Wednesday captured two small forts 10 miles east of Fort Arthur. Shells from Japanese field-pieces and from the fleet are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Go to Jericho!" "Right you are, sir!" retorted the serving man cheerfully, shutting his eye again…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The 'Standard' states that it is announced in St. Petersburg that 20,000 Japanese have occupied the heights at Port Arthur, enabling them to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reuter's representative (remarks a writer in the London "Daily Telegraph" of May 11th) has had an interview with Baron Suyematsu, the Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Well, sir, you see I was dragged up in the bush, an run away to sea. When I got my A.B. I went back to the bush again, an' knocked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The P. and O. mail steamer Malacca has been seized by the Russians, who have also taken possession of the mails from the German mail steamer Prinz…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This hoarse guttural yell startled the yellow men. These foreigners must be mad. They halted irresolutely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A junk which was conveying mails to Port Arthur and Chefoo has been seized by the Japanese, many important military and naval letters being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Sale as a cell," said Bill. "Secrecy--ye must a' swear it!" cried Duncan. They stood up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is rumored in St. Petersburg that Port Arthur has fallen, but reports from other quarters state that the rumors are premature…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When they got well out to sea several warships were seen gliding a bout in stately fashion. They bail seen many men-o'-war on the voyage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When the veil is raised for a moment on such tragedies as the one revealed lately in the Westminster Police Court, public pity is stirred. The curtain of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After traversing several passages they came out on a courtyard. Lights were flashing in every direction, not merely in the yard hot in the sky…
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