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

The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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War News. Railway Blown Up. Incorrect Statements. London

Leader · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 3

General Kuropatkin reports that a Russian patrol has blown up the railway five-miles south of Lian-yang. General Stoessel, who has arrived at…

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War News. London

Leader · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 2

The Russians at Chiataitric have retired north wards. The •‘Times’ says the fifteenth Russian corps has been ordered to…

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Sufferings of Russian Wounded. Hundreds Die of Exposure and Neglect. London, Monday afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 3

The Correspondent of the "Daily Express" at St. Petersburg reports that the Russian wounded suffered terribly during their conveyance from…

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The War. Oku Pressing the Russians. German Correspondent's Opinion. Kuropatkin's Recall Desirable. London, Monday afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 3

General Oku's force on the left has advanced six miles across the Hun-ho, pressing the Russians. Colonel Jadke, the well-known…

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Bathurst Soldiers' Memorial

National Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 2

The following report, signed by tho Mayor as chairman of tho Site and Memo­rial Committee, has been prepared for presentation to the adjourned public…

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Soldiers’ Memorial Committee. an Unveiling Demonstration

Leader · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 1

A meeting of the above was held last night. Present: Messrs Tanner, (in the chair), Skidmore, S Hamer, L A Lane, McNeilly, Withington,…

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War Estimates

Molong Argus · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 10

It is estimated that in the war between Russia and Japan, which has been in progress just 12 month, the former has lost 90,000 killed, and…

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The War. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 5

General Oku's left has advanced six miles across the Hun-ho, and is pressing the Russians. The Russians at Chiataitzu have retired northwards…

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War News. Newspapers Insistent on the Cessation of the War Railway Line Out. London

Leader · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 3

The majority of newspapers in Southern Russia are insistent on the cessation of the war Tribes out Eastwards of Irkutsk…

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Fleeing From War How Russian Press-gangs Work. Refugees at the Docks

Molong Argus · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 4

The Jews' Temporary Shelter in Whitechapel is at present kept very busy providing for the Russian refugees escaping from their native land to avoid being…

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War News. General Items. London

Leader · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 3

The Japanese in Manchuria are showing activity on the Russian right flank. There are persistent reports that the Japanese destroyed…

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103 More Killed and Wounded. London

Leader · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 2

The strikers at a colliery at Sosnitaa tried to prevent the machinery hands, from resuming ; a cordon of soldiers protected the machinery…

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Japanese Sick and Wounded a Total of 140,000. LONDON, Saturday afternoon

National Advocate · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 3

The total number of Japanese sick and wounded during the campaign is 140,000…

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War News. Kuropatkin Wants ¼ Mil- Lion Men. London

Leader · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 2

Though Kuropatkin Is demanding quarter of a million rainforcements, the Government-baa suspended mobilisation in Poland and some other…

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The War. the Loss of the Saiyen. Cruiser Strikes a Mine. Sinks in Two Minutes. Thirty-one Drowned. a Belated Narrative. London

National Advocate · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 3

Commander Okuda, second in command of the Japanese cruiser Saiyen, has furnished account of the sinking of that vessel. He narrates how the Saiyen struck…

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War News. General War Mews. London

Leader · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 3

Russian scouts report that the Japanese are retiring to the south of the Shaho. The Japanese have captured a…

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The War. London

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 2

The Russians on the Sha-ho continue their usual cannonade in the centre. On the Japanese left the Russians are still 011- entrenching. The Japanese are showing…

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The War. the Baltic Fleet. German Colliers Refuse. to Follow the Fleet. London, Sunday afternoon

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 3

German colliers refuse to follow Admiral Rozhjestvenski on the voyage of the Baltic Fleet fearing the Japanese. The news of the fall of Port Arthur has…

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Japanese Retiring. Russian "Stop-the-war" Movement, Peace Impossible. Baltic Cruisers in German Waters. Ordered to "Move On." London

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 3

Russian scouts report that the Japanese are retiring south of the Skaho. The Japanese have captured a…

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Bathurst Soldiers' Memorial. to the Editor of the National Advocate

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 3

Sir,—By advertisement a general meeting of subscribers to the above has been called for Tuesday evening. Who are the subscribers? If they are to decide as to…

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