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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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The War. Japanese Squadron at Vlvdivostock. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 2

The Japanese squadron which bombarded Vladivostock for an hour on Sunday has again reappeared off that port…

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The War. Mediation Between Japan and Russia. Mentioned by the Czar. a German Report. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 2

The "Neue Frei Presse," a German newspaper, states that Count Bechendorf, the Russian Ambassador in London, has returned to London from St…

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The War of Wars

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 5

This twentieth century must grow somewhat older before it is possible to appreciate in their true proportion the events of the nineteenth century…

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Contraband of War. London

National Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 2

Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Prime Minister, informs Mr. J. Lawson Walton (Liberal) in the House of Commo[?] last night that the Government was seeking to…

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Latest War News. LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 10

Moscow advices state that it is feared now the Russian squadrons have returned, Vladivostock is imperilled…

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Russo-Japanese War. Latest Particulars London. Tuesday afternoon

Leader · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 2

Owing to the impossibility of sending the Japanese residents at Port Arthur and Vladivostok home by steamer, Admiral Alexieff has directed…

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The War. [By Wire ]The Week’s Incidents

The Gulgong Advertiser · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 2

Japan has furnished a clear and argumentative reply to Count Lamsdor[?] circular alleging that Japan was guilty of acts of treachery in the…

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The War. King Edward's Opinion. War a Most Deplorable Event. Our Good Understanding with France. Must Be Maintained. London

National Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 2

King Edward, in an interview with M. Detournelles Constant, said that lie hoped the press of all nations, the English included, would end avour not…

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The War. Uneasiness at Vladivo-stock. Return of the Squadron Imperilled

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 2

The whereabouts of the Russian Squadron which left Vladivostock on February 29 is a mystory. Some of the Russian authorities…

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How the Czar Is Informed. of the War's Progress. London

National Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 2

Admiral Alexieff daily sends a special wire to the Czar, who is also receiving messages totalling 10,000 words from other parts of the world informing…

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War Notes

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 5

Whatever opinions were expressed before war broke out as to the qualities of the navies of the two Powers, there seems now no doubt that Japan found the…

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The War. London

Molong Argus · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 5

Russian official reports state that five Japanese battleships, two cruisers and four torpedo boat destroyers, including the armored cruisers Idzumo…

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The War. London

Molong Argus · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 8

Prince Louls Napoleon will go to the front in charge of a Cossack brigade. Students in the St. Petersburg…

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The War. More Bombardments London

National Advocate · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 3

The Japanese warships have bombarded Talionwan and Port Arthur forts. Advices from Tokio are to the effect…

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Russo- Japanese War. Latest Particulars London, Wednesday afternoon

Leader · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 3

Here are persistent reports in Tohio that the Vladivostok squadron of Russian cruisers engaged a Japanese fleet of fire battleships, two armoured…

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Russia's Troubles. King Edward on the War. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 5

Russia is accepting foreign volunteers. Fifty Boers and several Swiss officers are joining the troops at the front. Students in the St. Petersburg Institute…

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The War. Russian Railways Threatened. Rumours of Mediation. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 5

Three Japanese, in the disguise of nuns, placed mines under a railway bridge over the Volga, but the current carried them down stream before they exploded. The…

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The War. Japanese Over the Yalu River. Russians Concentrating. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 2

It is Officially station in Washington that the Japanese have landed at Takushan, on [?] Bay to the west of the month of the…

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Latest Cables. Imperial Politics, a Condemnatory Motion. Small Government Majority. the War Vote. London

National Advocate · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 3

In the House of Commons last night, Mr. D. V. Pirie, Liberal M.P., moved a motion expressive of condemnation of the policy of the…

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The War

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 12 March 1904 · page 2

At first sight there would appear to be analogy between the present position of Russia in the East, and the situation of Great Britain during the early stages of the…

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