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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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The War. the Japanese Advance. Internal Russian Unrest. The Effects of War. Drifting Mines. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 5

DESPITE the stubborn resistance of the Russians, the Jaspaness have reached Sauehippe, north of Day Other Japanese forces are south-west…

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Japan and Russia Slow Progress of the War. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 4

Japanese scouts have again been seen to the north of Mukden. General Kuropatkin, the Russian Commander-in-Chief, reports a forward movement on the part of the…

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The War. Capture of Kin-chau. Forced to Retreat. Attack on Port Arthur. London, May 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 5

Unofficial despatches which have been receive at Tokio report that the Japanese [?] Kin-chau, the narrow neck of land [?] 32 miles north-east of Port Arthur…

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The Prussian Soldier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 7

The life of the Russian soldier is hard, and the bondage of compulsory service weighs cruelly upon the peasants throughout the Czar's dominions. Attempts to escape…

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The War. Capture of Kin-chau. Greta Bravery of Both Armies. Immense Losses on Each Side. Russian Guns Taken. Retreat of the Russians. London, May 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1904 · page 3

Further and fuller particulars have been received of the storming and capture of Kin-chau, 32 miles north-east of Port Arthur, on Thursday last. The fighting…

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Late War News

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 May 1904 · page 2

The Japanese infantry attached the Russian camp near Kwantten, compelling 3500 troops to retire westward. General Kuropatkin is advancing on…

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The War. The Russian Losses. Japanese Irresistible. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 May 1904 · page 3

TOKIO despatches state that the Russian losses at Kin-chau are estimated at 2000 men. The ports above the railway at the…

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The War. the Russians Again Routed. At the Point of the Bayonet. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 May 1904 · page 4

LATER, details are to hand regarding the capture of Kin-chau, a few-miles from Port Arthur, by the Japanese. The fight immediately preceding the…

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Soldiers' Walking Match

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 May 1904 · page 5

Two thousand soldiers engaged in a walking match from Paris to St. Cloud. On the return Journey several cases of sunstroke occurred, while there were three deaths…

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The Russian Soldier

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 May 1904 · page 4

THE life of the Russian soldier is hard, and the bondage of compulsory service weighs cruelly upon the peasants throughout the Czar's dominions…

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The War. Storming of Nan-shan. Desperate Hand-to-hand Conflict. Evacuation of Dalny. Pout Arthur Declared Impregnable. London, May 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 May 1904 · page 5

The latest particulars which have been received of the capture of Kin-chau show that the grand fight centred round Nan-shan, the hill to the south of Kin-chau, adjoining…

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The War. Heavy Fighting Near Port Arthur. Magnificent Attack by the Japanese Capture of Kinchau. London, Friday, 2.35 p.m

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 May 1904 · page 3

Reuter's correspondent at Tokio reports that after five days' fighting the Japanese forces on Thursday evening captured Kin-chau, the narrow neck…

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The War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 June 1904 · page 4

The subjoined cables have been received by Mr. K. Iwasaki, Acting-Consul-General for Japan, in Sydney from Baron Komura, Minister for…

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The War. LONDON, May 29

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 June 1904 · page 3

General Kuropatkin reports: — A Japanese battalion of infantry and a squadron of cavalry on Wednesday advanced by the main road to Liao…

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The War. the Japanese Victory. Their Nine Desperate Charges. a Russian Estimate. Strong Japanese Reinforcements London, May 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 June 1904 · page 5

Before the Japanese captured Nan-shan, south of Kin-chau, on Thursday last, they made nine charges. Their left was exposed all day to an enfilading fire from the…

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The Soldiers' Walking Match

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 June 1904 · page 5

General Andre, French Minister of War, in the Chamber of Deputies, regretted sanctioning the soldiers walking match, and that it had become disorgan…

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The War. Advance on Liao-yang. 2000 Japanese Wounded. Japanese Cavalry Annihilated. London, June 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 June 1904 · page 3

Telegrams received from Chi-fu report that the Japanese have occupied the heights of the Mo-tien-ling (pass), commanding the road to Liao-yang…

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The War

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 June 1904 · page 2

THE latest cabled news from the seat of war in the Far East but add to the impression that, in the Japanese, the Russians have met a foe that is quite…

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The War. Occupation of Dalny. Much Property Uninjured. The Japanese Advance. Russian Pressure on Kuropatkin. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 June 1904 · page 3

THE Japanese Consul has received a cable from Baron Komure as follows : General Oku reportsas follows:— "Our detachment occupied Dalny…

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The War

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 2

THE Japanese Consul, Sydney, received a cable from Baron Komura as follows:— General Oku reports as follows:—…

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