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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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The War. [Reuter's Message.] London, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 April 1905 · page 4

It is reported in St. Petersburg that General Kouropatkin has resigned his command in Manchuria, disagreeing with General…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 April 1905 · page 1

Three torpedo boats, presumably Japanese, are reported to have overhauled a British ship 60 miles cast of Hong Kong…

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The War. [Reuter's Message.] London, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 4

All the transports of the Russian Baltic fleet, except four German ships, left Kamranh Bayyesterday (Wednesday) and…

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The War. [Reuter's Message.] London, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 4

It is reported in St. Petersburg that General Kouropatkin has resigned his command in Manchuria, disagreeing with General [?]…

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The War. the Tension Relieved. France Will Maintain Neutrality. Baltic Fleet Ordered to Leave French Waters. Supposed Engagement. London, April 24

Western Grazier · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 2

France's reply, promising the expulsion of the Baltic fleet from kamranh Bay, and affirming her determination to maintain neutrality, has…

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The War. [Reuter's Message.]

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. All the transports of the Russian Baltic fleet, except four German ships, left Kamranh Bay…

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Why the Japanese Win. Some Astour[?] War Pictures

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 6

At the moment when all the world is stirred by the success of the Japanese around Moukdon it is (says a London exchange) interesting to revert to that…

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Rorke's Drift. Death of a Brave Soldier. How the Victoria Cross was Won

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 3

One of the heroes of the Zulu war died yesterday (saya the "Daily News" of March 14) at Gloucester in the porson af Sergeant Henry Hook, who won…

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Russia and Japan. the Moving Fleets. No Engagement Yet. Operations in Manchuria. Oyama Commands 600,000 Men. Early End of the War Predicted. Losses in the War. Wounded and Sick, Over 1,000,000. Killed and Died, 50,000 [Reuter's Messages] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 May 1905 · page 2

Merchantmen who have arrived at Shanghai report seeing an important division of Admiral Togo's Japanese fleet off Tsu-shima…

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The War. Skirmishes in Manchuria. Movements of the Fleets. Japan's Losses. London, April 30

Western Grazier · Monday 1 May 1905 · page 3

General Linievitch claims that the Russian cavalry, in a three-hours" engagement near Tsintsiatir, on the 23rd compelled the Japanese to retire…

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Business Side of War

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 May 1905 · page 3

A year of war (says a London paper) has entailed the entering of enormous sums of monoy in the national ledgers of Russin and Japan. In the year…

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A Lithgow Shooting. Mother and Daughter Wounded. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 2

Alfred Murray, whilst at,the residence of Mrs. Fellowes, at Lithgow, yesterday fired several revolver shots and wounded Mrs…

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The War. [Reuter's Message.] London, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 4

A correspondent of the "Novoe Vremya," St. Petersburg, says that the Japanese are preparing to hurl a large force through…

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The War. [Reuter's Message.] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 1

At latest, part of the Russian Baltic fleet was outside territorial limits, near Cape St. Jncquos and the Saigon River. A French Cochin-China naval division…

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The Revolution. May Day Riots in Poland. Workers and Military In Collision,: ' Orowds Fired on in the Streets, Many Killed and Wounded. An Unprovoked First Attack. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 2

The May Day riots in Warsaw the capital of Russian Poland, yesterday-were of a serious character…

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The War. [Reuter's Message.] London, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 May 1905 · page 1

A correspondent of the "Novoe Vremya," St. Petersburg, says that the Japanese are preparing to hurl a large force through…

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The War. [Reuter's Message.] London, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 May 1905 · page 4

The captain of the British steamer Woodford reports that 1000 tons of coal are staokod on the Saigon River for the Russians, and that 12…

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The War. General Items. London, May 3

Western Grazier · Friday 5 May 1905 · page 3

A Saigon report states that the Baltic fleet is proceeding to the Philippines to meet the supplementary squadron and the Vladivostock…

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A Bellicose Article. Germany and England: " If War Must Gome." [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 4

In an article contributed by Vice-Admiral Charles Penrose Fitzgerald, of the British navy, to the "Deutsche Revue,"…

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The War. General Items. London, May 5

Western Grazier · Monday 8 May 1905 · page 3

It is reported at Amoy that a typhoon has scattered some of Rojzdest-vensky's small vessels. The Argentine Government admit…

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