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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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The War. Russian Outrages. Koreans Help Japanese. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 4

THE Tokio correspondent of "The Times" reports that a hundred Japanese women, mostly the wives and daughters of respectable men, who…

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The War. Campaign Hardships. Russia's Secret Service. Japanese Boat Inside Port Arthur. Japanese-korean Alliance. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 3

As a result of frost-bite, experienced on the terrible march across Lake Baikal, 1000 Russian soldiers have been rendered permanently unfit for service…

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The War. Japanese Mail Service Resumed. Russia Declines American Aid. Prefers that of Dutch. Movements of Contending Forces. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 3

The Japanese mail service to Shanghai has been resumed, and the mail steamers are now no longer escortod. Russia, has declined offers from the…

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Late War News

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

It is understood that three Japanese forces are moving upon Port Arthur, Vladivostock, and the Yalu. Reticence and secrecy are…

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French View of the War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 3

Biard d'Aunet, the Consul-General for [?] returned to Sydney by the French mail [?]r Oceanlen, after a short visit to his na[?]ountry. Interviewed at Fromantic, M…

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The War. Persistent Japanese. Port Arthur Isolated. London, March 1

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

The denials made in the House of Lords by the Earl of Selborne, First Lord of the Admiralty, of the allegations that Great Britain was not…

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The War. [?]Ockade of Vladivostock. [?]T Arthur to Be Invested. Japanese Losses. [?]Dits in Manchuria. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 3

[?]orrison "The Times" correspondent, that there are now 7200 troops in stock, and only sufficient provisions for four months…

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The War of Wars

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 8

THIS twentieth century must grow somewhat older before it is possible to appreciate in their true proportion the events of the nineteenth century. Nevertheless, one fact at least is…

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The War. LONDON

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 7

As a result of frost bite, experienced on the terrible march across Lake Baikal, 1000 Russian soldiers have been rendered permanently unfit for service…

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Russo=japanese War. London. Feb. 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 2

The Rev. W. H. Gillespie, a missionary at Kwan-Chong-Tzc, in Manchuria, 73 miles south west of Kirin, hau been "rushed" by the Russians to Niu-chwang. He reports that the…

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New War Invention. Deadly Shells As Torches

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 1
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

A new and important function has been added to the already deadly shell—visibility of its flight at night, By means of a torch attached to the…

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The War. Russian Troops Frost-bitten. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 6

Owing to the severity of the weather many of the Russian troops on and around Lake Baikal have been frost bitten, and from this cause 1000 men…

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Japan and Russia. How the War Is Progressing. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 5

Dr. Morrison, "The Times" correspondent, that there are now 7200 troops in Madivostrock, and only suffficient provisions to last for four months…

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The Russo-japanese War Public Holiday. Latest Cable News. London

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 4

The bodies of 50 Japanese, supposed to have belonged to a gunboat which sunk off Cheefoo, have been washed ashore at Wai-wei-hai. Thursday, March 24, the second day of the Muswellbrook Show, has been proclaimed a public holiday in the districts of Muswellbrook, Murrurundi, Scone,…

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Japan and Russia at War. Port Arthur Again Attacked. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 8

THE latest telegram from King-chou, on the Corean Gulf, to the north of Dalny and Port Arthur, is dated Monday…

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The War. a Japanese Advance. Latest Intelligence. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 5

THERE is an impression that three Japanese expeditionary forces are moving upon Port Arthur, Vladivostook, and the Yalu River…

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The War. the Japanese Plans. a Triple Attack. Russian Continuation Urged. Canal Closed Prizes. Martial Law in Korea. London, March 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 5

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

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The War. Ussian Boycott of Americans. Japan's Plans. Russians in Manchuria. London, March 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 March 1904 · page 3

[?]erchants of Moscow are boycotting american goods on account of the sympathy shown the United States for Japan. [?]dvices from Tokio received at New York…

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The War

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1904 · page 2

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.—The Governor-General of Finland, General Bobrikoff, after addressing the garrison at Sveaborg, and…

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