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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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[?] War. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 2

Reports of the capture of [?], an eastern portion of the [?] defence of Port arther, state that on [?] Wednesday [?] seven dynamite…

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The Russo-japanese War. Interesting Notes

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 2

The phase of the war mentioned in the cables—the possibility of the Russians putting 700,000 men in the field—is draft with by the war…

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War News. Surrender of Port Arthur. London

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 3

Port Arthur has surrendered. The Emperor of Japan has granted General Stoessel full military honors. The terms of surrender are to be…

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The War. London, Jan. 2

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 7

It is officially announced at Tokio that General Stoessel, the commandant of the garrison at Pott Arthur, has written to General Nogi, commanding the Japanese, with…

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The Russo-japanese War. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1905 · page 2

According to the St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Daily Express," the Council of the Empire, presided over by the Czar, has decided to continue…

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Future Prospects in the East. War Correspondents Views

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1905 · page 2

Among the passengers aboard the [?]. Eastern was Captain H.S. Scott Halden, who had been acting as special was correspondent for the…

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War News. LONDON

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 3

The Council of Ministers in St. Petersburg has decided that any suggestions of peace are incompatible with Russia's dignity…

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[?] of the War. Subterranean Warfare

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 2

The siege of Port Arthur has proved that modern weapons of precision have rendered the art of underground fighting more important than over…

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The War. London, Jan. 4

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 8

The agreement for the capitulation of Port Arthur signed on Monday night by the Chief of Staff of General Stoessel. stipulates:—…

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The War. LONDON

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 3

It is reported in Tokio that the Russians attacked New-chwaug yesterday, but were repulsed. Two thousand Russian cavalry…

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The War. London Jan. 13

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 5

General Nogi, who commanded the, forces which beseiged Port Arthor, reports that the surrender has been completed…

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The Russo-japanese War. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 2

Colonel [?], the correspondent of the "Berliner [?]" with the Russian forces in Manchuria, in an articles contributed to the "Standard,"…

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Revolution in Russia. the Crowd Fired On. Streets Strewn with Wounded. Terrible Slaughter

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 2

The great demonstration which had been arranged to take place on Sunday before the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg by Russian workers who…

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The War. London, Jan. 29

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 7

Marquis Oyama reports that the last army corps advanced fives miles south of Chang-tan (about 28 miles south-west of Mukden). The Japanese repulsed one…

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The War. London, Feb. 4

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 6

Field Marshal Oyama's despatches' indicate the precarious condition of the Japanese during the desperate four days' fighting which took place at the end of…

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The War. London, Feb. 12

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 8

Field-Marshal Oyama reports that he buried 2000 Russians at Hei-kou-tai (about eight miles north-west of Liaoyang), where desperate fighting took…

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The War. London, Feb. 20

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 7

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that a conviction is growing among the highest dignitaries of Russia that it is vital…

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The War. London, Feb. 25

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 7

THE Japanese on the Sho-ho are gradually closing in on General Kuropatkin's left' (east) flank, where Lieutenants General Sakharoff, the Russian Chief of…

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The War. London, March 5

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 7

A great battle, having a front as the crow flies of 45 miles, is being fought between the Sea-ho and Mukden by 650,000 men, the Japanese being in…

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The Russo-japanese War. Comments on the Cables

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 13 March 1905 · page 2

Perhaps the most momentons item of news in war cables, as affecting Russian interests in the campaign, is not the announcement of another…

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