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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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The Latest War News. the End in Sight. 200,000 Russians Accounted For. Kuropatkin’s Resignation. London

Leader · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 2

The Japanese estimate that 300,000 Russian infantry, 26,000 cavalry, and 1368 guns participated in the battle of Mukden. Oyama on Sunday day evening reported in connection with the operations on the Shaho that prisoners exceeded 40,000, and Russian casualties were estimated at…

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The War. Admission by kuropatkin. Fifty Thousand Russian Wounded. Claims an Orderly Retreat. General Ma's Chinese Troops. Approaching Mukden. to Protect the Imperial Tombs. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 3

General Kuropatkin —admits that 50,000 Russians are wounded. He claims that his force retreated in perfect order though movement of the…

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Czar Determined to Prosecute the War with In-creased Vigour. London

Leader · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 3

French advices from St. Petersburg state that General Kuropatkin thrice narrowly escaped capture. All the Russian supplies were…

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War News. Kuropatkin’s Version. Admits Superior Intelligenoe Department. Chinese Participation. London

Leader · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 3

Kuropatkin admits that fifty thousand were wounded but claims to have retreated in perfect order, though the movement of the transport was…

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Kuropatkin's Narrow Escape. From Capture by the Japs. Russians Retreating on Harbin. the Czar Determined to Proseoute the War with Increased Vigor. London, Monday afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 3

French advices received from St. Petersburg state that General Kuropatkin thrice narrowly escaped capture. His supplies were all lost and General…

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The War. Closing Round Tie-ling to Prevent Escape. Russian Official Fears Not a Man Will Reach Harbin. Frightful Mortality Among Wounded. Hospitals Without Appliances. London

National Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 3

Harbin and Tie-ling are merely vast hospitals. Many of the wounded remain in uncovered trucks and are half froz n. Chloroform and antiseptics…

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Conditions of Russian Wounded. a General Reported Killed. Russian Loan Deferred. Feared Harbin Impossible London

Leader · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 3

In the Harbin and Tieling hospitals many wounded remain uncovered; some in trucks are half frozen. Chloroform and antiseptics are…

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War News. Russian Surrenders Due to Want of Provisions. Remnants of the Sha-ho Army Pursued Russia Mobilising More Troops. London

Leader · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 3

The surrenders of the Russian troops on the Teiling road were largely due to the country being denuded of provisions…

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Neptune's War with Britannia

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 7

Son's of the King's dominions over the sea will note with interest the item announcing that parts of the land of their fathers are gradually slipping into the sea…

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General War Items. London

Leader · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 2

The ‘Times’ St Petersburg corresburg correspondent says that one and a half divisions of Japanese attacked the Russian positions south of Tieling,…

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War News. Russian Loses Since Outbreak of War. Japanese Capture Ammunition and War Material. the Baltic Fleet. London

Leader · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 2

The Russian losses in killed, wounded and prisoners by land and sea, since the outbreak of war, number 400,000…

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The Religious Side of the War

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 7

A striking feature of the present war has been seen in the way the rival armies appeal to religion to aid them in their work of patriotic killing. The Japanese…

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The War. Details of the Russian Disaster. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 4

Diplomats at Washington expect that Russia and Japan will shortly conclude a secret peace. It is expected if peace is concluded in this way the chief Powers will…

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War News. Battle of Mukden. Enormous Russian Losses. London

Molong Argus · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 14

THE Battle of Mukden is in truth the greatest battle the world hag witnessed. According to Japanese estimates the forces were about equal—350,000 men each…

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The War. The Japanese Advance. Tie Ling Occupied. London, Thursday Noon

National Advocate · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 3

Reuter's correspondent at Tokio states that the Japanese occupied Tieling at midnight…

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Russia's Enormous Losses. Since the Start of the War. Estimated at 400,000. LONDON, Wednesday afternoon

National Advocate · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 3

The Russian killed and wounded and prisoners on land and sea since the outset of the war is estimated at 400,000…

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War News. Japanese Occupy Shin- King. London

Leader · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 2

The Russians at Tie-ling suffered greatly from lack food and want to sleep. The Japanese, with immense…

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Latest War News RUSSlAN Reserve at Tieling. Further Stores Lost. Russian General Advises Peace. L[?]n,Friday

Leader · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 3

The Times St Petersburg correspondent says that Kuropatsin is a Kalyuen, and it is not expected that the army will make a stand until…

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The War. the Russian Retreat. the Tie-ling Fiasco. No Serious Resistance. Cossack Excesses at Mukden. Kuropatkin Still in Danger.london

National Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 3

The "Times" correspondent at St. Petersburg states that General Kuro-patkin is at Kaiyuen. It is not expected that the Russian army will…

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Horrible Cossack Atrocities. Wounded Thrown Into Furnaces. London, Friday afternoon

National Advocate · Monday 20 March 1905 · page 3

Seventeen workmen at the Katherine Works at Sesnowice were killed and wounded by volleys fired by the military…

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