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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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Poet Arthur. Wonderful Recovery of Wounded Men

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 3 October 1904 · page 2

The centre of the Japanese assault at Port Arthur varies so constantly, that it is difficult to follow the method of the siege operations. Their…

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War News. LONDON

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1904 · page 2

Advices from Chefoo state that the Russians made desperate attempts to re-take Fort Kuvopatkin, in the hope of restoring the Port Arthur water…

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Horrors of War. the Battle of Liao-yang. Auckland

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1904 · page 3

American mails by the R.M.S Sierra, which arrived here from San Francisco this afternoon, contain the following messages from the far east:—…

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The War. London

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 8

THE Russians, on discovering the Japanese tunnelling operations at Port Arthur, counter-tunnelled, afterwards laying mines, which, on exploding, killed…

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War News. LONDON

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 14 October 1904 · page 3

Reports from Tokio stats that the fire of the Japanese land batteries at Port Arthur has severely damaged four Russian warships in the harbor…

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The War. London

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 6

HARBIN and Chifu advices state that a general Russian advance southwards from Mukden began on Saturday last. French telegrams assert that the…

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[?] Japanese War. Current Notes

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 October 1904 · page 2

The present stage of the conflict was [?]redicted with a fair degree of [?] by the correspondent of the French "Matin," M. Gaston Loroux,…

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The Russo-japanese War. Japanese Defeat

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1904 · page 2

A telegram form Tokio, dated Tuesday, says:—"The Russians on the Sha—[?] rallied and enveloped General Yamada's column on Sunday. The…

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The War. London

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 22 October 1904 · page 8

THE Japanese claim to have caught General Kuropatkin while he was making dispositions, with his forces scattered to the south of Mukden, and to have…

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The Russo-japanese War. Current Notes

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 October 1904 · page 2

The absence of news as to any movement of importance and the indications that Mukdan is being evacuated agree with the suggestion…

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General Cables. LONDON, Monday The war situation

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 October 1904 · page 2

There was no change in the situation at the front on Friday…

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War excitement in Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 28 October 1904 · page 2

There is considerable excitement in Sydney over the Russian attack upon the British fishing boats and the reply to the nltimatan of the…

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War News. Outrage in the North Sea. the Baltic Fleet, Attacks British Tea Wlers. London

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 28 October 1904 · page 3

A hundred and fifty Hull trawlers were fishing off Dogger Bank, 200 miles east of Spurn Head, at midnight on Friday, when the Baltic fleet…

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The War

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 29 October 1904 · page 7

THE sailing of the Baltic fleet for the Far East has resulted is a sensational denouement. When off Dogger Bank, outside the mouth of the river Humber…

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War News. LONDON

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 4 November 1904 · page 2

Britain and Russia have agreed upon the appointment of an international commission under the Hague Convention, to inquire into the Dogger Bank…

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The War. London, Oct. 28

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 8

Telegrams from Tokio state that Old Port Arthur is in flames. A desperate general attack was made by the Japanese on the Russian forts on…

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War News. LONDON

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 11 November 1904 · page 2

In connection with the North Sea outrage, Reuter's correspondent at St. Petersburg reports that Russia has accepted Great Britain's draft…

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Scene in the French Chamber. Minister for War Attacked. London

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 11 November 1904 · page 2

An exciting scene occurred in the French Chamber of Deputies last night. While the question of array promotions was under discussion, a…

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The War. London, Nov. 4

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 12 November 1904 · page 7

Reports of the operations around Port Arthur show that a terrific bombardment by the Japanese is taking place. Mr. Bonnet Burleigh saw from, a…

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War News. LONDON

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 18 November 1904 · page 2

The bombardment of Port Arthur continues. Two hundred Russian infantry and the 300 cavalry hadan engagement with…

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