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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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The War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 3

Tho Japanese Consul has received a cable to the effect casualties totalled 7000, and the Russian losses 10,000. Russian prisoners…

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The War. Severe Fighting. London, February 1

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 3

The correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" at Tokio, reports that the Russian casualties in the recent fighting on the Hun-ho are estimated at…

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The War. Two Days' Fighting. London, Jan 30

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 5

Marquis Oyama states that he was engaged on Saturday on his left with two divisions of the Russian eighth army corps, two brigades of European…

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The War. Further Fighting. the Russians Repulsed. Fifteen Hundred Prisoners. London, Feb 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 3

General Kuropatkin, the [?] the Russian forces, claims to have repulsed on monday four attacks four attacks by the Japanese on his front…

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A Collision. Seven Killed and Four Wounded LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 7

A Pittsburgh train collided with a sleigh at Holmesville (United States.), killing seven women and four elders fatally…

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The War. London, January 31

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 8

General Kuropatkin was wounded in the recent fighting. The news of the upheaval in Russia has reached the troops on the…

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The War. Japanese Captures. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 4

General Kuropatkin, the Commander of the Russian forces, claims to have repulsed on Monday four attacks by the Japanese on his front…

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Russo-japanese War. London, Jan. 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 3

Reuter's correspondent with the headquarters of General Kuroki's army on the eastern side of the theatre of war in Manchuria, reports that there was heavy artillery firing…

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A Supposed Journal Published. Offensive Placards. Russian Police Resign. Chief of Police Wounded. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 7

The "Ruski," an invalid organ of the Ministry of War at St. Petersburg, has been published, contrary to Structions of the Minister for Foreign…

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The War. the Russian Defeat at Hun-ho. Enormous Losses. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 6

The Tokio correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the Russian losses the latest between enormous, their causalities being…

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The War. Hun-ho Fighting. Russians Strategical Loss. Regiments Annihilated. London, Feb 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 5

Field-Marshal Oyama reports that the Japanese casualties in the fighting in the region of the Hun-ho were 7000. There is anxiety at St. Petersburg…

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The War Hun-ho Battle. Four Bays' Struggle. Appalling Slaughter. Fight for the Hei-kou-tai. One Hundred Thousand Men Engaged. Heroic Japanese Attack. London, Feb. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 3

Field-Marshal Oyama's despatches indicate The precarious condition of the the Japanese during the desperate four days' fighting which took place at the end of January…

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The War

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 2

Field-Marshal Uyama reports that a picket of 29 men was surrounded at Huanglashatzu on January 26. The picket surrendered after the…

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The War. Hun-ho Battle. Russians Repulsed. Japanese Jo Garrison on the Defensive. a General Wounded. London. Feb. 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 3

Marquis Oyama reports that, he repulsed the Russians towards Chang-tsu, 28 miles south-west of Mukden. The Russians removed 300 dead. Their…

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The Russo-japanese War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 2

TO-DAY or to-morrow—there is a little doubt as to the exact date of the first shot fired—will close a your of the remarkable conflict proceeding in Far Eastern Asia between…

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The War. a Railway Blown Up. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 3

General Kuropatkin reports that a Russian patrol has blown up a railway five miles south of Liao-yang. General St ssel has arrived at…

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The War. Japanese Sustain Heavy Losses. But Recover Their Advantage. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 1

The despatches of Field-Marshal Oyama, the Japanese Commander-in Chief, indicate that the Japanese were in precarious position during, the four…

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The War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 4

Chinese statements that the Japanese were prepared to resist misled the Russians in their recent attack upon General Oku's forces…

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The War. Armies Active. Japanese Left Extended. the Russians Retire. London, Feb. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 5

The Russian force consisting of [?] two companies of infantry, with a [?]ttery of artillery, and a third detach[?] which was attacking the Japanese…

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The War. London, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 3

The Japanese have captured the British collier Eastry Hokkai. General Gripenberg accuses General Kuropatkin of utter incapacity, and of…

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