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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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Russo-jap War. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 September 1904 · page 5

Router's correspondent at Liaoyang states that the fighting around Shushan on the 31st was indescribably furious. The dead lay…

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The Eastern War. SYDNEY

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 16 September 1904 · page 5

IT is reported there are 12,000 Russian troops south of Mukden, and it is considered doubtful if the rearguard forces can join the main army…

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The Failure of the War Office. Useless Helmets. Some Striking Instances of Inefficiency as revealed by the War Office Commission

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 16 September 1904 · page 2

[?] THE ORDINARY ARM HELMETS ARE A VERY [?] SHAPE MEN CAN-NOT SHOOT IN THEM WHEN LYING DOWN AND CANNOT SEE WITH THE…

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The Russo-Japanese War. The Recent Liao-yang Battle. Tornado of Fire. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 16 September 1904 · page 4

REUTER'S correspondent in says that the fighting round San shan, a high mountain four miles from the south-west corner of the city, on August 31, was indescribably furions. The dead…

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Late War Gables London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 September 1904 · page 3

A telegram from Mukden, under, date or Sept. 8, states that the Russian rearguard, after a week's fighting, saved most of its. transports and guns,…

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Latest War Cables. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 September 1904 · page 5

The "Baily Express" says the Czar in formed Prince Louis of Battenberg, on the occasion of the christening of the Czarevitch, that the war will continue While…

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The War Scare

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 September 1904 · page 4

Ever since the picture of Rorke's Drift was hung up in the Sydney Art Gallery, Australia has been subject to fits of martial fever. It used…

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Russo-jap War. What Is Intended by Both. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 September 1904 · page 3

The Daily Express says the Czar informed Prince Louis of Battenberg, on the occasion of the christening of the Czarevitch, that…

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The Cost of War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 September 1904 · page 6

War is the costliest of all businesses and the one that produoos the least immediate reso.lt for the outlay. Nevertheless lt would be absurd to say that all wars have resulted…

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The Russo-Japanese War. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1904 · page 2

The Japanese are tunneling under the Russian forts at Port Arthur. The Japanese intend to transfer Liao Yang Poninsula to China after the war, who will…

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Latest War Cables. Japanese Fears. Suspected Change in English Sentiment London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 September 1904 · page 5

Baron Komura, the Japanese. Minister for Foreign Affairs, in a circular to the Powers, declares that it is the intentions of Japan, when Port Arthur is capturetl, to…

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The War on Insect Pests

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1904 · page 7

It is by no means on the side of war alone that the Japanese have assimilated Western science. If they were merely clever barbarians that…

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Russo-jap War. International Complications Feared. More Japanese Captures. Baltic Squadron Going to Japan. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1904 · page 5

A heavy engagement is reported, in which General Kuropatkin's entire army is engaged. The Japanese are shelling vigorously,…

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The Eastern War. SYDNEY

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 23 September 1904 · page 5

THE Japanese army under General Kuroki is resting at Liaoyang, and repairing bridges. The captures include a large number of guns, waggons, rifles,…

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The Russo-Japanese War. SYDNEY

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 23 September 1904 · page 4

A CABLE to the Japanese [?] received to-day, advises of the further capture, near Liao Yang, of an enormous quantity of produce, oil and sugar, also of 350 Russian warehouses with…

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Late War Cables. Great Battle Im Progress. Japanese Shot by Comrades. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 September 1904 · page 2

General Sakharoff reports that the Japanese have been greatly reinforced castwards of the railway in the Yentai mines district. It is officially stated that the spoils…

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Latest War Cables. the Fighting Near Mukden— Both Sides Claim. Success— Russians Ordered to Die. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 September 1904 · page 5

It is announced, that the Japanese on Sun day repulsed an attack on the heights nean Yu-men-tu-shan, north-east of Yentai. The Japanese. inflicted heavy losses on the…

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The Russo-japanese War. the Capture of Liao-yang and Mukden. the New Strategy of Tieling. What About Port Arthur?

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 September 1904 · page 2

Great events have taken place in the course of the, war and during the masterly retreat of General Kuropatkin from An-sin-chan to Liao-yang. Mukden, Tieling, and on to…

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The Russo-jap. War London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 September 1904 · page 3

General Rennenkampf, in a reconnaisance, engaged the Japanese on Wednesday 19 miles south-east of Mukden. Two Russian officers…

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Latest War Cables. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 September 1904 · page 5

The "Moscow Gazette and other journals attribute the disasters to the influence of Count Tolstoi, especially to his doctrine of the "non-resistance of evil, The journals…

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