The War. Chinese Troops Anxious to Fight. London, Sunday Afternoon
GENERAL MA, who commands a large army of Chinese regulars on the Manchnrian frontier, telegraphed headquarters in Pekin that he experiences…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1904
1,326 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 67
The Russo-japanese War. An American View of the Situation
THE following remarks, taken from an American paper, evidences how the present war is viewed from an American standpoint:—" Seldom does a nation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Three Russian Regiments Lost. Britain Blaimed for Defeats. London, February 20
The congress of French Socialists, now sitting at St. Etieene, has passed a resolution strongly condemning any intervention in the war between Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Panic on the Bourses. Neutrals' Embroilment Feared. Heavy Fall in Securities. Outposts on the Yalu. Heavy Russian Losses Reported. R.M.S. Mongolia Chased. London, Feb. 22
Sensational rumours were abroad in Paris [?] Saturday suggesting that neutral Powers were likely to be embroiled in the war between [?] and Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. LONDON
The Viedomosti newspaper, in St. Petersburg has published a remarkably frank communique stating that the Siberian railway cannot be guarded by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japan and Russia at War. LONDON, February 19
Vice-Admiral R. jestvensky, chief of the Navy Staff, declares that he is unable to send all the officers wanted to Port Arthur, as they will possibly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Japanese Advance in Korea. Movement on Ping-yang. Dash for the North Expected. Four Russian Destroyers Captured. Alexeieff at Harbin. London, Feb. 23
The war correspondent of the "Times," after visiting, Chemulpho, on the West coast of Korea, the port of capital, Seoul, states that Japan is landing an army corps at that port…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Russian War Minister
L[?]entenant-General Sakharoff, Chief of the General Staff of the Russia Army, has been appointed Minister for War in place of General Kuropatkin, who now commands the Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General War News LONDON
Japan has established communication between her army and her navy by means of ethergrams. The ancient gold and silver in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Early Land Engagement. London
THE St. Petersburg correspondent of the "New York Herald" telegraphs that an outpost engagement on the Yalu River, near the boundary of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. the Siberian Railway. Slow Transit of Troops. Russians Fire at British Ship. Patriotic Fund. Russians Rescued. (By Cable.) London
THE principal military paper of Germany, referring to the transport of Russian troops to the Far East by rail, says: "If the trains of the trans-Siberian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Russia Complains to the Powers. Violation of International Law. Accusations Against Japan. Invasion of Korea. Combatants Drawing Close. London, Feb 24
Count Lamsdorff, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has sent a Circular Note to the Power, complaining that since the rup[?] of relations between Japan and Russia,…
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Russian officials are accumulating provisions at Port Arthur, and profess that the position con withstand a siege for 2 years…
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The Russian transport, Kital, with war stores for the Far East, on touching Colombo was recalled to Odessa. All the mechanics at Port Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late War News. London
The Russian transport, Kitai, with war stores touched at Colombo and was recalled to Odessa. All the mechanics at Port Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Japanese Advance in Korea. Four Russian Destroyers Captured
THE Peninsular and Oriental Company's new mail steamer Mongolia which is on her maiden voyage from London to Australia, encountered a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. the Staying-power of the Russian. in Previous Wars
NOW that the Russians have, at the opening of tho war, met with a series of reverses, a contemporary, the Quirindi Gazette, recalls, their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. an Attack That Failed. the Russians Repulse Japanese. Korea's Treaty with Japan. London
Russian accounts state that on the night of Tuesday, the 23rd instant, the Japanese attempted to send four steamers, filled with explosives, into Port Arthur harbour under the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War of Wars
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…
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