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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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The War

Macleay Argus · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 12

FOLLOWING we give summary of the principal cable news received during the week:-- The Japanese transports, with…

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Latest War News. the Port Arthur Disaster. Full Details. Russian Mine Destroys Own Battleship. London

Macleay Argus · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 9

A feeling of profound stupefaction was manifested in Russian naval circles when the news of the disaster to the battleship Petropavolovsk arrived…

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The Russo-Japanese War. Russian Battleship Blown Up. Appalling Loss of Life. Admiral Makaroff Drowned. London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 4

General Kuropatkin telegraphs that on the night of the 8th inst. a detachment of Russian sharpshooters crossed the Yalu River towards Wiju, surprising and killing 15 Japanese scouts who were just…

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The Russo-Japanese War. London, Friday afternoon

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 20 April 1904 · page 3

RUSSIAN details of the disaster at Port Arthur state that the battleship Petropavlovsk was retiring before a superior force, and was preparing to re-enter Port Arthur at 8 o'clock in the morning…

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New War Invention. Deadly Shells As Torches

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 21 April 1904 · page 8

A new and important junction haws been added to the already deadly shell-visibility of its light at night. By means of a torch attended to the…

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The War. Russia and Japan Destruction of the Petropavlovak. Loss of 700 Men. The Petropavolovsk Incident Settled. Blown up by the Japs

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 21 April 1904 · page 4

RUSSIAN details of the disaster to the Petropavlovsk state that the battleship was retiring before the superior force of the Japanese, and preparing to re-enter Port…

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The War

Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 7

FOLLOWING we give summary of the principal cable news received during the week:-- Japanese reports show that the…

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Latest War News. London

Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 9

The Czar has ordered the Baltic Fleet to proceed to the Far East on July 15th. The Chinese Commander-in-Chief…

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First Action of the Boer War

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 2

On October 20, 1899, the first general action of the Boer War took place, when the British force in Glencoe camp, under Major General…

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The Russo-Japanese War. London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 5

The Japanese forces as in Korea now consist of forty-five thousand men, who are advancing towards the Yalu. Fifteen thousand reservists are guarding the, lines of communication, and four thousand are…

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The Muscovite Soldier

Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 2

'The Russian soldier,' says a French writer, is brave, docile and gay by nature, and it is a pleasure to see a detachment of improvised musicians…

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The Russo-Japanese War. London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 3

ADMIRAL Alexeieff has telegraphed to St. Petersberg an account of another disaster. He states that when the Russian steam launches were laying mines on Friday, one of the mines exploded under the stern of…

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The War. London

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 5

It is reported that the first Japanese army corps is advancing in the middle reaches of the Yalu to outflank the Russian position on the right bank. It will probably take…

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Look at Our War Score

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 2

"That was a mistake after all." "What was?" "The idea that baseball is our national game."…

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The War

Macleay Argus · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 12

FOLLOWING we give summary of the principal cable news received during the week:-- Admiral Alexeieff demands the…

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Latest War News. London

Macleay Argus · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 11

Two Japanese, disguised as Chinese beggars, approached General Kuropatkin at Newchwang. While speaking, one was observed to put his hand…

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The Russo-Japanese War. London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 4

FORTY thousand Russians occupy fortified positions on the Yalu, and 20,000 at Takushan. General Mishehenke commands the Russian Tight wing on the Yalu, and General Kachtalinski the left…

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The Muscovite Soldier

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 2

'The Russian soldier,' says a French writer, 'is brave, decile and gay by nature, and it is a pleasure to see a detachment of improved musicians…

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Humour. Soldier's Adventures in Ind

Macleay Argus · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 14

Sandie Macphe[?] was a soldier in an English regiment, which landed in India on Christmas Day, Sandie was longing to hear a 'braw Scot's' tongue. Suddenly…

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War! a Fight on Land. Russians Defeated

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 3

A Shanghai cable, just received, states that the Russians, after a two days' fight, on the Yalu River, were defeated, and retreated…

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