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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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The Week's War News

Blue Mountain Gazette · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 3

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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The Week's War News

Blue Mountain Gazette · Friday 10 June 1904 · 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…

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The Week's War News

Blue Mountain Gazette · Friday 17 June 1904 · 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…

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The Week's War News

Blue Mountain Gazette · Friday 24 June 1904 · 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…

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The Week's War News

Blue Mountain Gazette · Friday 1 July 1904 · page 3

Admiral Togo states that his scouts discovered the Russian fleet outside Port Arthur on Thursday morning. There were six battleships, five…

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Russian Schoolboys the War Fever

The Mountaineer · Friday 1 July 1904 · page 5

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…

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The Three Bushmen A Thrilling Story of the Russo-Japanese War. Published by Special Arrangement or Australians in the Far East. Copyright. Chapter I. a Fatal Kiss

The Mountaineer · Friday 1 July 1904 · page 4

"I saw you, and heard every word," cried Ruth, scornfully, her eyes flashing. They stood facing each other in a…

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The Week's War News

Blue Mountain Gazette · Friday 8 July 1904 · page 2

The Japanese on Wednesday captured two small forts 10 miles east of Fort Arthur. Shells from Japanese field-pieces and from the fleet are…

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The Three Bushmen; on Australians in the Far East. a Thrilling Story of the Russo-Japanese War. Published by Special Arrangement. Chapter Ii

The Mountaineer · Friday 8 July 1904 · page 6

"Go to Jericho!" "Right you are, sir!" retorted the serving man cheerfully, shutting his eye again…

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The Week's War News

Blue Mountain Gazette · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 3

The 'Standard' states that it is announced in St. Petersburg that 20,000 Japanese have occupied the heights at Port Arthur, enabling them to…

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After the War "A Japanese Egypt."

The Mountaineer · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 5

Reuter's representative (remarks a writer in the London "Daily Telegraph" of May 11th) has had an interview with Baron Suyematsu, the Japanese…

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The Three Bushmen; or Australians in the Far East. a Thrilling Story of the Russo-Japanese War. Published by Special Arrangement Copyright. Chapter Iii

The Mountaineer · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 4

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…

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The Week's War News

Blue Mountain Gazette · Friday 22 July 1904 · page 3

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…

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Three Bushmen; or Australians in the Far East. Published by Special Arrangement. a Thrilling Story of the Russo-Japanese War. Copyright. Chapter V. a Mysterious Scot

The Mountaineer · Friday 22 July 1904 · page 4

This hoarse guttural yell startled the yellow men. These foreigners must be mad. They halted irresolutely…

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The Week's War News

Blue Mountain Gazette · Friday 29 July 1904 · page 3

A junk which was conveying mails to Port Arthur and Chefoo has been seized by the Japanese, many important military and naval letters being…

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The Three Bushmen or Australians in the Far East. a Thrilling Story of the Basso-Japanese War. Published by Special Arrangement Chapter Vi

The Mountaineer · Friday 29 July 1904 · page 4

"Sale as a cell," said Bill. "Secrecy--ye must a' swear it!" cried Duncan. They stood up…

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The Week's War News

Blue Mountain Gazette · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 3

It is rumored in St. Petersburg that Port Arthur has fallen, but reports from other quarters state that the rumors are premature…

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The Three Bushmen; or Australians in the Far East. Published by Special Arrangement. a Thrilling Story of the Russo-Japanese War. Copyright. Chapter Viii. Port Arthur

The Mountaineer · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 4

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…

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A Soldier of the King Pawned His Medals. Distress Suggests Suicide

The Mountaineer · Friday 12 August 1904 · page 5

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…

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The Three Bushmen; or Australians in the Far East Published by Special Arrangement a Thrilling Story of the Busso-Japaneso War. Copy Right. Chapter Ix. (Continued.)

The Mountaineer · Friday 12 August 1904 · page 4

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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