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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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The War of Wars

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 4

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

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Latest War News. London

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

Owing to frostbite in the vicinity of Lake Baikal, 1000 Russians have been permanently unfitted for service. The Japanese, in accordance with…

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The War. London, Feb. 26

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

The Russian have burned a large village near one of the railway bridges over the Sungari River, and have massacred the inhabitants including the women…

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Russo-japanese War London, Feb. 28

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 4

Japanese official reports state that the Japanese fleet off Port Arthur passed Wednesday night quietly. On Thursday the main fleet discovered…

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Russo-japanese War. London, March, 1

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

A TELEGRAM[?] from Kin-chan, to the north of Port Arthur, dated Monday, states:—Fifteen Japanese warships appeared off Port Arthur at 10 0'clock…

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War Office Reform. London, Feb. 29

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 3

THE War Office reform committee has presented a second report. It recommends the abolition of the army…

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The War in the East. London, March 2

Goulburn Herald · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 3

IN accordance with stipulatiens laid down in the Japanese-Korean alliance, the Japanese now propose to at once set about constructing the railway line from Seoul to Wiju, on the…

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Russo Japanese War. Port Arthur Bombardment. London, March 1

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Kin-chau. to the north of Port Arthur, dated, Monday states : -- " Fifteen Japanese warships appeared off Port Arthur at 10 o'clock this morning…

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Russo - Japanese War. Belligerents in Korea. London, Feb 20

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 4

Russians attacked Korean soldiers in the neighbourhood of Ham-heung, on the north-east coast of Korea. The Koreans were dispersed…

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The War. Another Naval Battle. Japanese Ordered to Take Port Arthur. Garrison “Must Fight to the Death.” Vigorous Bombardment

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

London, Tuesday.—The following telegram, dated Monday, has been received from Ying-kow, the port of Newchwang:—…

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A Soldier's Hero

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 1

No life affords more scope for brilliant writing and for dramatic description than that of Viscount Gough. And if Mr. Rail is not a Macaulay, he has, at…

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The War. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 2

The Japanese fleet has not been sighted off Port Arthur for a week. A minority party in Seoul is dissatisfied with the Japanese alliance and vainly tried to dynamite the house of the…

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Telegrams. European Niel[?] War News

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 5

On Monday morning 15 Japanese warships bombarded Pert Arthur furiously, lasting for two hours. the Russian cruiser Askold is in a…

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Russo-japanese War. London, March 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 2

With the consent of Korea Lieutenant-General Inouye, who is commanding the Japanese forces at Seoul, has proclaimed martial law. Nine Japanese transports have landed 15,000 Japanese troops…

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Russo-japanese War. Scene of the First Battle. London, March 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 4

The Japanese do not anticipate that there will be any important engagement south of the Yalu. There are indications that the Russians will make on the line of the Yalu their resistance to the…

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Telegrams. the War. Japanese Secrecy. a Triple Objective. London, Thursday. Japanese Secrecy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 4

An impression prevails that three expeditionary Japanese forces are moving upon Port Arthur, Vladivostock, and the Yalu. Intense secrecy is maintained, the plans being known…

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The War in the East. London, March 4

Goulburn Herald · Monday 7 March 1904 · page 2

A FORCE of 2500 Japanese troops, without artillery, landed at Song-chin, Plaksin Bay (in northern Korea), on February 19, and started for Southern Manchuria, the frontier…

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Cable News. Russo-Japanese War. Powers Marking Time

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 7 March 1904 · page 2

Loudon, Thursday. — Mr. E. G. Morrison, “The Times” special correspondent in tho Far East, reports that there is a garrison of 7200 men with provisions…

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Japanese Treatment of Wounded Russians

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 March 1904 · page 2

Twenty-two sailors of the Varyag, who were being carefully nursed at Chemulpho, have been transferred to a hospital in Japan. The French Minister on behalf of the Czar has…

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