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

The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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Reid’s “Big War.”

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 May 1905 · page 2

ON the selection of what it has been proposed to call “ Empire Day ” as the date of holding their first Electoral Campaign meeting, the Reidite Tories…

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G. H. Reid Declares War

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 5 May 1905 · page 4

MR. Reid, who returned to Sydney on Saturday, has outlined a definite antisocialistic programme Leagues to combat socialism are to be formed in…

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Russo-japanese War London, May 1

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 5 May 1905 · page 2

Forty vessels of the Baltic flect were in Elonkobe Bay, Annam, 150 miles north east of Saigon[?]on Thursday. The Russian fleet was…

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Cable News. the War. London, May 2

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 May 1905 · page 3

A TELEGRAM from Tokio states that Admiral Niehogatoff, in command of the third squadron of the Baltic-Fleet, passed…

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The War Japan's Enormous Force. London, May 3

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 May 1905 · page 4

ACCORDING to Russian forecasts, the next great battles will be fought on the line from Chang-chun to Kirin, and on the Tumen River, the northern boundary of Korea…

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War Office Methods

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 3

Several stories of War Office methods, probably inventions, are going the rounds of the papers. The following, it is alleged, is furnished by a correspondent on one…

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The War. London

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 3

The TIMES reports that the Baltic Fleet is now off the island of Honlon, north of Kamranh Bay. It is believed that the Russians are again…

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The War. London, May 3

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 2

According to Russian forecasts, the next great battles of the campaign in Manchuria will be fought on the line from Chang-chun to Kirln, and to the Tumen River, the…

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Telegrams London, Thursday. War News

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 2

The Japanese have purchased in Britain, Germany, and elsewhere during tho year, 30 merchant steamers, presumably for transports…

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The War. London, Friday. French Neutrality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 2

It is stated in Paris that before the Japanese representations this week France sent a naval division to Bingkoy Bay (Binh-kang Bay, Cochin-China) to vigorously enforce neutrality…

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The War. Port Arthur Revelations. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 4

Startling revelations have been made to the commission investigating the surrender of Port Arthur. Evidence was given that General Stoessel's wife owned 40 cows, and was feeding them…

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Russo-japanese War. Baltic Fleet. London, May. 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 5

The Paris correspondent of the Times report that Admiral Ro[?] ky, with the Baltic fleet, is off the island of Ho[?]n near Nhatrang, which is 25 miles north of Karranh…

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Russo-japanese War. Baltic Fleet in a Typhoon. London, May 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 2

Lloyd's agent at Singapore reports that four Russian battleships, two cruisers, four colliers, and one hospital ship passed Malacca, on the straits of Malacca, north-west of Singapore, on Thursday…

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The War London, May 5

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 May 1905 · page 4

LLOYD's agent at Singapore reports that four Russian battleships, two cruisers, four colliers, and one hospital ship passed Malacca, on the Straits of Malacea, north-west of…

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The War. London, Sunday. Oyama's Advance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 4

Advices from Tokio state that field-Marshal Oyama's extreme right and left have materially advanced…

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Russo - Japanese War. LONDON, May 5

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

FOUR Russian battleships, two cruisers, and other vessels passed Malacca, northwest of Singapore, on Thursday, bound south…

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Russo-japanese War London, May 5

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

Admiral Niebogatoff's, supplementary squadron, for which the main Russia'n fleet is supposed to be waiting, passed Singapore eastwards at…

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The War. London, Monday. Using the Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 3

The Japanese are largely utilising the Sinnington railway…

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Russo-japanese War. London, May 8. Japan's Advance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

Russian advices from Feng-hua-hsien their most southern position on the main line in Manchuria, state that the Japanese are concentrating their principal forces along the Liao…

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Russo-japanese War. Russian Raids. London, May 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 4

Four Russian torpedo boats from Vladivostock arrived on the west coast of Hokkaido, Yezo (northernmost island of Japan), on Friday. They seized and burned a small vessel,…

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