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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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The Russo-Japanese War. LONDON

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1904 · page 2

GENERAL Sto[?] has been appointed Aide-Comp General to the Czar. In his reply to a letter addressed to Sir Thomas Sutherland, chairman of the Peniosular and…

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Russo-japanese War. the Test of the Campaign

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1904 · page 2

All the news of the day has been connected with the naval victories of Togo and Kaimura the reduction of Port Arthur, and the surrounding operations around…

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Latest War Cables. Mutilating the Dead. Russian Deserters, Shot. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1904 · page 5

Medical reports published at Tokio declare that a detachmentof the 11th Regiment of SiberianRifles mutilated the Japanese dead and slaughtered the wounded…

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Russo-jap War. Desperate Battle Raging. Japs. Outflank the Russians. Further Japanese Successes. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 September 1904 · page 5

Many fresh troops have arrived from Europe to reinforce General Kuropatkin, and thus revived the spirits of the northern army. The…

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Horrors of War

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 4

TERRIBLE details of the wounds inflicted by Japanese armsare beginning to be published in the Russian newspapers. A letter from Captain Schultz…

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The Eastern War. SYDNEY

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 5

THE Russian Admiral Wirenius reports that a shell fired into the cruiser Novik exploded her boilers, and powder magazine, and only a shell-riddled hull…

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The Russo-Japanese War. Desperate Battles—Japanese Successful—Heavy Losses on both, Sides. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 4

JAPANESE at Langkekhan commanded the Russian position, foreing back the centre and right wing, and compelling them to [?] Aushantion, where Russian casualties were 300…

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Latest War Cables. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 5

A joint Commission composed of members of the Russian Admiralty and of the Miniser of Foreign Affairs is sitting in St. Petersburg, and will prepare within a…

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Russo-jap War. Battle at Lio-Yang. Russians Beaten & OUTFLANKED. 30,000 Russian and 20,000 Japanese Casualties. LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 September 1904 · page 3

On Tuesday and Wednesday the Japanese furiously attacked a long chain of splendidly fortified positions on the southern front of…

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Latest War Cables. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 5

There is an impression that the Smolensk, one of the two Russian volunteer fleet steamers for which British warships are searching, to convey to them the order of…

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The Russo-Japanese War. Enormous Losses on Both Sides. Pits and Fields Filled with Corpses. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 2

IT was reported in Tokio and Shanghai that the Japanese occupied Liao-yang on Thursday afternoon, but no official confirmation of the report has been received…

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Russo-jap War

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 September 1904 · page 5

Liao-yang has been evacuated by the Russians, and General Kuropatkin is in full retreat. General Kuropatkin reports to…

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The Eastern War. SYDNEY

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 5

THE Japanese resumed the attack on Kuropatkin's Russian forces on Tuesday and Wednesday last. The Japanese shells fell within two…

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The Russo-Japanese War. Further Desperate Fighting. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 4

WHILE directing the Russian retreat to Liaoyang, General Kuropatkin had two horses killed under him. It is reported that 200 spiked guns have been…

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Latest War Cables. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 September 1904 · page 5

The Japanese on the 30th failed to recapture Itzshun, although making the flercest assaults. Their aim was to get ingress along the railroad…

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Latest War Cables. Movements of Gen. Kuropatkin. the Mikado's Congratulations. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 September 1904 · page 5

Advices from. St. Petersburg state that General.Kuropntklii; with tho bulk of his troops, has arrived at Mukden. Russian authorities anticipate that a halt will bo…

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Russo-jap War. Horrible Tales of Slaughter How Brave Men Die. Russian Troops Fagged and Beaten. LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 September 1904 · page 3

General Lispounow, Governor at Korsakovsk, telegraphed to the Czar that an examination showed that the Japanese placed mines at…

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The [?] Japanese War

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1904 · page 2

THE [?] are trying to undermine the Port [?]. THE [?] Petersburg correspondent of French [?] state that Cossacks on Wednesday…

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Spies of War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 September 1904 · page 3

A spy is a person sent into an enemy's camp to inspect his works, ascertain his strength, and report on his movements. By the laws of war among civilised nations a spy…

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Latest War Cables. Storming the Heights of Liao-yang. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 September 1904 · page 5

A correspondent of the "Times" furnishes a dramatic account of the Japanese as saults on August 30 and 31 on the heights south of Liao-yang…

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