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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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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 6 September 1905 · page 3

The terms of the armistice provide that Russian reinforcements must not pass Harbin, and that Japanese reinforcements must not pass Mukden. M. de Witte says that in two years Russia will…

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Modern Inventions Used in War

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 9 September 1905 · page 7

Could Wellington revisit the earth and see the marvellous change which has taken place in the methods of welfare since the day when a round ball and a smooth-bore…

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Side-lights on the Russo-jap War

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1905 · page 2

Those desiring an inside view of the Russo-Jap war from the Russian standpoint will be interested in a little book which has been sent to us by the author. We have found it…

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Soldiers' Handkerchiefs

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 16 September 1905 · page 7

The cotton handkerchiefs provided for French soldiers have printed upon them a number of sanitary precepts to be observed on the march and during a campaign, and…

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After the War

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 21 September 1905 · page 4

The Manchurian railways transferred to Japan are valued at £30,000,000 sterling The Yentai and Fushan coal mines are valued at £50,000,000, and Japan will soon…

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Heat in Europe. Soldiers Prostrated

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 6

The Berlin correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" writes on 9th July:— While the Austrian Landwehr Regiment was taking part in a sham fight,…

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A Grafton Alderman's Opinion of the Boer War

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 6

A letter was read (says the Argus) at the Council meeting on Wednesday evening of last week from the Government Architect's Office, announcing…

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Japan's War Debt. a Cheerful View. London, Saturday morning

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 11 October 1905 · page 3

M. TAKAHASHI, Japanese Attache in London, interviewed with regard to the financial statement made by Count Okuma, to a congress of Chambers of Commerce at Tokio,…

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Haratina the Woman Soldier of Port Arthur

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 14 October 1905 · page 7

This is the story of Haratina, alias Haraton, Karotkieivitch, the Russian woman who was killed in the trenches while, serving as a…

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War Talk in Germany

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 2

The threats of a simultaneous war with France and England, which are so openly made in the press of the latter country, need cause no alarm in…

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Terrible Colliery Explosion. a Survivor's Story. Condition of the Wounded

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 4

Mr. Collin Mackenzie, one of the sufferers, recovered sufficiently to leave the hospital on Monday, and made the following statement as to the occurrence:—"I was…

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Spies of All Nations. How the Powers Glean War Information During Pease

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 7

No precautions are rigid enough to prevent a spy of one nation gaining the most intimate knowledge of his possible enemy's fortification and…

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Old Men for War

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 7

Must the venerable proverb, "Old men for counsel, young men for war" be amended? says the "Chicago Tribune."…

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The Japanese Soldier's Moral Precepts

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 7

Every Japanese soldier recites every morning the following precepts contained in an edict of the Emperor dated January 4, 1881, and it is to…

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Photographing in Time of War

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 7

A device for taking photographs from the tail nl a bits for war purposes which has recently been put into practical use by the Russian army was invented by Mr A…

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Basque Soldiers Used the First Bayonet

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 7

It is not generally known that the British bayonet, feared the world over, is not an English invention, but comes from Prance. It wan one ot those numerous instances of…

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A British Soldier in India

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 7

An old soldier writes:--When I was in India in the year 1876. I had a curious experience with a crocodile. We all had strict orders not to…

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