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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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Religious Russian Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 4

Russian soldiers on leaving their country for the Far East presented the icons (sacred images) in the churches with tea, sugar, tobacco, and odd bite of clothing…

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War Analysed

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 1

IN his famous book on Napoleon's Russian campaign, the "Physiologic de la Guerre," Count Tolstoy gives a version of that military fiasco which is…

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War Provisions

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 2

THE Ministe[?] for Mines and Agriculture (Mr. Kidd) has received a communication from Mr. Suttor, the Government Commercial Agent in the…

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The War of Wars

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 4

The twentieth century must grow somewhat older before it is possible to appreciate in their true proportion the event of the nineteenth century. Nevertheless, one…

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The War. London. February 19

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 3

Vice Admiral [?] Chief of the Naval Staff, declares that he is unable to send all the officers wanted to Port Arthur, as they will possibly be needed…

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Latest War News. London

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 3

THE Russian transport Kitai, with war stores, reached Columbo, but was ordered back to Odessa…

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Russo - Japanese War. LONDON, Feb. 22

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 4

SENSATIONAL rumours were abroad in Paris oh. Saturday suggesting that neutral Powers were likely to be embroiled in the war between Russia…

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Russo-japanese War London, Feb. 22

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 4

A vigorous pro-Russian campaign has been initiated in Europe. The attitude towards Great Britain is distinctly hostile. At Prague, the…

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Russo-japanese War London, Feb. 23

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 2

Spain is sending troops to the Canaries to enforce neutrality; and Portugal is sending an ironclad to Macao, a Portuguese settlement on an…

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The War in the East. London, Feb. 24

Goulburn Herald · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 4

COUNT LARISDORTT, Russian 'Minister for Foreign Affairs, has sent a circular note to the Powers complaining that since the supture of relations between Japan and Russia,…

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Russo - Japanese War. Japanese Advance in Korea. London, Feb. 23

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 2

The war correspondent of the Times, after visiting Chemulpho, states that Japan is landing an army corps at that port, and is establishing depots to the…

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A Useless War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 4

M. de Lanessan, in the "Siecle," a Paris newspaper, vigorously protests against any attempt to drag France into a useless war. He declares that France in the Fashoda crisis was…

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Europe and the War

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 6

Our cables on Tuesday morning brought vague but ominous rumblings from the underground world of European diplomacy in which it has been…

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The War. London

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 2

The Russians state that on the night of the 23rd the Japanese sent four steamers and explosives, escorted by torpedo boats, to Port Arthur harbor with the object of firing…

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Telegrams. European Intelligence. War News

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 5

The Times correspondent says that Japan is landing an army corps at Chemulpho, and establishing depots northward to facilitate an early…

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The War. Japan's Daring Plan. Flight of the Russian Administration. London, Feb. 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 2

The Rev. W. H. Gillespie, a missionary at KwanCheng-Tze, in Manchuria, 73 miles south-west of Kirin, has been "rushed" by the Russians to Niuchwang. He reports that the Japanese have landed…

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The War. Fireships Sent Against Port Arthur. Japanese Torpedo-boat Destroyed. London, Feb. 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 4

According to Russian accounts another attack upon Port Arthur, on this occasion unsuccessful, has been made by the Japanese. Those accounts state that on the night of the 23rd…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] the War. the Fresh Attack Upon Port Arthur. the Russian Account. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 2

An official report from St. Petersburg states that on Thursday the Japanese attack was renewed on Port Arthur, and an attempt made to block the harbour. The attack lasted three…

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Telegrams. the War. the Attack on Port Arthur. Railway Over the Ice. the Fashoda Revelations. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 4

Admiral Alexeieff now mentions in connection with the fresh attack on Port Arthur that four Japanese steamers were destroyed. He reports that the harbour channel is clear. The…

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Cable News. Russo-Japanese War. Reported Russian Success. Japenese Ships Destroyed

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 29 February 1904 · page 2

London, Thursday.—Accounts received through Russian sources state that on the night of the 23rd inst. (Tuesday), the Japanese attempted to send four…

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