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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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The War. London. June 16

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 7

Confirmation has been received of the rumored Russian defeat by Japanese near Fuchow, in the Liaotung Peninsula about midway between Newchang and Port Arthur…

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The War. Continuous Slaughter

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 June 1904 · page 2

The recent reports of heavy fighting have apparently been based upon the constants [?] in the vicinity of the Sin-yen-Hai-chang road…

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What the War is About. a Sketch of the Trouble. Ambitions of the Powers

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1904 · page 4

As Korea is one of the bones of contention between Russian and Japan, it will be interesting to point out the successive stages of the international…

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The War. London

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 6

A naval fight took place off Port; Arthur on Friday. The Russians were again defeated. The battleship Peresviet was sunk and another battleship…

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The War. Siege of Port Arthur. Desperate Fighting

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 4 July 1904 · page 2

Desperate fighting is reported to have occurred 10 miles north of Port Arthur, where the Japanese occupied Wolf Mountain…

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The War. London

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 9 July 1904 · page 9

THE "Times" correspondent at Tokio says that it is unofficially reported that the Japanese on Sunday morning attacked the out works at the extreme east of port…

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The War. Attack on Port Arthur. Some Desperate Fighting. London

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 2

THE STANDARD states that it is reported at St. Petersburg that 20,000 Japanese have occupied heights near Port Arthur, enabling them to…

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The War. London, July 7

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 6

Chinese refugees from Port Arthur state that the fortress is completely hemmed in on the land side, The Japanese have occupied all the commanding hills within a radius of seven miles…

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War News. Seigf Ok Port Arthur. Russian Reports

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 July 1904 · page 2

A telegram from Moukden states that the Russians on the right frank of Port Arthur assumed that offensive on the 3rd, and 4th, instant, drove the…

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War News. LONDON

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1904 · page 2

Field-Marshal Oyama is reported to have landed with 30,000 troops at Dainy, making a total of 80,000 available for the assault on Port Arthur…

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The Drought, War, and Plague

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1904 · page 2

What about the drought? They were told to look at the huge expenditure incurred on account of the drought the war, and the plague. Now, the plague…

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The War. London, Thursday

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 23 July 1904 · page 5

Admiral Alexeiff has furnished a story to the effect thet 30,000 Japanese were killed by mines whilst making an assault on Port Arthur on the 10th instant. The…

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Causes of War. Some of Them Have Been Very Trifling

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 23 July 1904 · page 3

Many wars have had trifling causes. According to Leslie's Weekly," a despatch aftered in one or two points by Bismarck brought on the Franco-German Conflict…

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Teaching Soldiers to Shoot

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 23 July 1904 · page 3

"How Soldiers Shoot is the subject of an interesting paper in the july number of Pearson's Magazine," by Mr. Marcus Tindal describing the various course of [?]…

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War News. Kuroki's Advance. London

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 29 July 1904 · page 3

The Russians, with 32 guns, vigorously shelled the Japanese for four hours, the latter replying effectively. The Japanese Infantry then moved…

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The War. London

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 30 July 1904 · page 8

It is stated that Lord Lansdowne has informed Count Lanedorff (Russian Minister) that Great Britain will not permit volunteer merchantmen to become…

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The War. London

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 6 August 1904 · page 6

A JUNK has arrived at Chi-fu a from Port Arthur with 30 of the better claps of refugees on board. The junk loft Port Arthur on Thursday…

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The War. London

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 6

One of the passengers on board the Hip-sang deseribes the fighting around Port Arthur on the 28th and 23th at July, chiefly from a Port Arthur newspaper…

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The Russo-japanese War Notes on the Cables

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 3

In the little we have heard of the navel engagement entries. Post Arthur, the [?] of the [?] battleship [?] surrounded and [?] by four others of…

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War News. Two Great Naval Battles. Port Arthur. Fleet Scattered. London

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 2

The Russian Battleship Cesarevitch, the cruiser Novik, and three destroyers have been reported this afternoon from Chefoo as still at Tsing-tao but the…

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