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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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The Russo-Japanese War. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1904 · page 3

Manchuria roads are terribly bad, wheeled transports only covering five miles a day. The attempts to build a railway…

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The Russo-Japanese War. the Yalu River Battle. Heavy Russian Losses. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1904 · page 4

GENERAL KASTALINSKI, a Russian commander who was err[?] reported as killed, describes the Yalu battle as a terrible scene of [?]…

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Latest War Cables. Further Advances by the Japs. Investment of Port Arthur. Japs Fire at an Ambulance Train

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 10 May 1904 · page 5

A St. Petersburg telegram states that the Japanese are masters of nearly the whole of the Liao Tung Peninsula, and they have destroyed the railway at…

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Russo=jap. War. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1904 · page 6

The Russian General and staff at Liao Yang have removed to Mukden. Russians at Niuchwang consider…

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Russo=jap. War. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1904 · page 5

The evacuation of Neuchwang still continues. All heavy guns have been sent to Liao Yang. A sufficient rear guard has been left to…

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Australian Interest in the War

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 13 May 1904 · page 3

MR. "AMBROSE PRATT, in an article in the Tweed Herald, says the French have a proverb, for the authorship of which they…

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The Eastern War. SYDNEY

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 13 May 1904 · page 5

THE London Daily Telegraph's correspondent reports that the Japanese have successfully blocked the entrance to Port Arthur by running nine merchant…

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The War Further Japanese Successes. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 13 May 1904 · page 4

GENERAL OKU, with three divisions, co-operating with General Kurok[?] defeated the Russians with great loss near Fuchan. Advices from Shanghaikwan also state that…

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The Russo-Japanese War. Japanese Capture Dalny. LONDON

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 13 May 1904 · page 8

The Japanese captured Dalny, a few miles north of Port Arthur, on Friday. Sixteen Japanese warships…

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War in Thibet

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 4

The mission of peace still proceeds in Thibet, and another fierce encounter has taken place. Some 1600 giant Khan Thibetans held, the Karo Pass by…

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The War. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 5

Five Japanese officers were killed in the Yalu engagement, and 25 wounded, while 180 men were killed and 690 wounded…

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Latest War Cables. Russians Again Defeated. More Russian Reinforcements. (From Our Sydney Editor.) London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 5

The Japanese defeated the Russians with great loss at Wa Fung Tieu. The Russians were also defeated southwards of Liao Yang, where the…

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Russo-japanese War. the Passage of the Yulu. Military Operations Reviewed. Japanese Daring and Heroic Strategy. Port Arthur and Neuchwang

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 5

Flank attacks always succeed, if well conducted."—Moltke. "See that you are ready before you strike."—Lord Napier…

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The War

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 May 1904 · page 2

The cablegrams published in our columns last week should form an excellent mental diet for the thoughtful student of past and possible wars…

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Tolstoi on the War

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 May 1904 · page 4

A recent copy of Figaro contains an account by that paper's special correspondent, of his visit to Count Tolstoi, the great Russian author,…

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Russo Jap. War. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 May 1904 · page 3

The Russians seized 45 junks on the Liao River laden with rice belonging to the Chinese Government. The Chinese General strongly…

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The Busso-Japanese War. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1904 · page 3

Russian despatches report, skirmishes in Manchuria. These, with other advices, are interpreted to moan that the force of…

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Latest War Cables Investment of Port Arthur. Bombardment of Dalny. (From Our Sydney Editor.) London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 May 1904 · page 5

The landing places at Dalny have been destroyed to prevent the Japanese disembarking the heavy siege guns intended for the bombardment of Port Arthur…

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Russo=jap. War. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1904 · page 5

The Russians have sent many siege guns from St. Petersburg to Harbin. The Japanese infantry on the…

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The Eastern War. SYDNEY

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 20 May 1904 · page 5

THE Russian squadron is unable to leave Vladivostok, owing to Japanese war-ships being in [?] side the [?]…

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