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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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The War. Advance of the Japanese. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 1

THE Japanese forces in Korea consist of 45,000 troops, who are advancing on the Yalu, 15,000 reservists guarding the lines of communication, and…

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Japan and Russia. the Progress of the War. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 4

Telegrams from St. Petersburg, published in one of the Berlin newspapers, state that the Czar has telegraphed to Admiral Alexeieff, the Russian Viceroy in the Far East, expressing the…

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War News by Mail. Havoc at Port Arthur. Scores Killed by Japanese Shells

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 6

Francisco papers which arrived by the mail, give the following particulars of the war at Port Arthur:—Yinkow, March 13.—Wives of Russian…

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The War. the Russian Naval Disasters Japanese Dynamiters. Japanese Hanged. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 5

A SEMI-OFFICIAL message from St. Petersburg states that the Pobieda was not struck by a mine, but was rammed in the confusion connected…

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Very Latest War. London, Thursday afternoon. Received "Mercury" Office. Friday, 12.15 p.m

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 4

A semi-official message from St. Petersburg states that the Pobieda was not struck by a mine but was rammed in the confusion connected with the Petropavlovsk disaster. The message…

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The War. Japanese Patriotism. Thousands of Volunteers. Russia to the Chinese Troops. London, April 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 5

The Japanese War Office is flooded with applications from men of all ages anxious [?] go to the front. Many of the applications have been written in the blood of the…

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Suicides Among Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 3

An Indian paper, in commenting on some recent Indian military statistics, states it is well recognised that suicide is more common in armies than in civil life, although the…

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The War. More Misfortune for Russia. Sastrouss Explosion of Mine. the Armies at the Yalu. Russia and China. Petropavlovsk Disaster. Admiral Alexeiefe's Account. London, April 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 April 1904 · page 3

report of Admiral Alexeieff, the Russia Viceroy, in respect of the sinking of Russian battleship Petropavlovsk is as follows:—…

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Late War News. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 3

The Japanese lines extend from Yongampho to 10 miles above Wiju. The Russians are in…

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The War. Volunteers for Japan. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 5

THE Japanese War Office is flooded with applications from volunteers to go to the front. The letters come from men of all ages, and many are…

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The War. the Japanese Advance. an Outflanking Movement. London, April 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 3

Russian strategists believe that Lieutenant-General Kuroki, who commands the 1st Japanese Army Corps, is advancing in the middle reaches of this Yalu, via Kang-ge. to…

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The War. Sinking of the Petropavlovsk. How She Went to Her Doom. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 4

Admiral Alexeieff, the Russian Viceroy in the Far East, in a despatch to his Government at St. Petersburg, Rives particulars of another Russian…

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[?] Military Criticism. Boer War Topics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 7

[?]ticisms of German military authorities the doings of British generals in [?] African War, as translated by [?] Waters and published by Murray,…

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The War. Russian Naval Movements. Crossing the Yalu. Russians in Northern Korea. a Large Loan. London April 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 5

Yesterday the unprotected Japanese colony at Gensen, on the east coast of Korea, 115 miles north-east of Seoul, was alarmed by the arrival of three of the Vladivostok…

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The Russo-japanese War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 3

Mr. Henry L. Norman, member for Wolverhampton, after an hour's audience with the Czar, declares that England ought to understand that Russia is absolutely determined…

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The War. Japanese Advance. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 1

A telegram from Seoul stales that the Japanese are preparing to make a simultaneous rusb upon the Russian lines of defence in Southern Manchuria…

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The War. an Impossible Task. Russian Specie Lost. A Battleship Altered. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 3

ADMIRAL SKRYDLOFF, who succeeded Admiral Makaroff, told the Czar of Russia that his task was almost impossible, but he would do his best…

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The War. Coming Face to Face. the Powers Ready for Conflict. Russians Develop a Mine. London, April 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 3

Forty thousand Russians occupy fortified [?]tions on the Yalu. There are 20,000 Russians at Toku-shan. [?] miles south-west of the river…

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Late War News

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 2

The Japanese Admiral reports that on Tuesday night two Russian torpedo-boat destroyers encountered a Japanese armed transport at sea, laden with coal and…

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The War. Great Battle Imminent

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 2

LONDON, April 27.—The correspondent of the "New York Herald" states that retreating Russians laid a mine in a mountain…

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