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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1905

136 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 7

The War

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 4
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

[?] stopped and [?] the peninsula and Oriental Company's, steamer [?] between Singapore and Saigon. She was then…

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Naval Warfare. Lessons of the War

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 9

"I have no objection to tell you that in my opinion all that has happened at Port Arthur teaches one extremely little about naval warfare…

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The War

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 1
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

Advices from Kamranh Bay. An[?] state that Admiral Rozhjestveneki and his squadron of 52 ships including transports, sailed from that place at noon…

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The War

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 3

Advices from Kamranh Bay state that it is believed that 20 Japanese vessels passed Kamranh Bay oft Sunday…

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Make War Loans Contraband

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 2

[?] has said something original and something good—“Why not make money contraband of war?” To the startled interviewer who heard him, he…

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The Sinews of War. What Japan Has Done

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 May 1905 · page 9

Some interesting facts as to the manner in which Japan has been supplying the fleet and army with shells, etc., were recently supplied by Lieutenant-General…

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The War

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 1
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

Three warships supposed to be Japanese, were sighted on Saturday at Two Brothers Island, 130 miles south of Cape St. Jacques…

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War Office Methods

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 3

Several stories of War Office methods, probably inventions, are going the rounds of the papers: The following, it is alleged, is furnished by a correspondent on one…

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What a Year of War has Cost

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 5

The first shot in the great war in the East was fired on February 7, 1904, and all sorts of authorities have been going through painful arithmetical…

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British Soldiers. As They are Seen at Gibraltar

Western Champion · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 6

The outline of Gibraltar has been said to resemble a crouching lion. If you picture one with its paws stretched, out over a conquered sea and its head lost in a…

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The War

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 1
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

The speed of Rear-Admiral Nish[?] Supplementary Baltic Squadron, which was reported to have passed Singapore on Friday last, is said to be seven…

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A Fearful War Picture

Western Champion · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 16

A vivid picture, snowing what war is like, has been given by a lieutenant to a Russian correspondent and appears in the London "Daily News"…

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War Pictures. Gruesome Stories From the Front

Western Champion · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 19

Grim pictures of the realities of war have found their way into the Russian newspapers, pictures which words cannot reproduce in their full…

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A Real Soldier. Japanese Prince Gives a Proof of Efficiency

Western Champion · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 19

Prince Fushimi, the Mikado's adopted brother, who is visiting the United States as the personal representative of the Mikado, was the centre of…

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The War

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 3
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

The Washington correspondent of “The Times” reports that Japan has decided upon two points regarding peace. They are:—…

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