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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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Cablegrams. War. Japan and Russia. Will Russia Back Down. Russian Deceit. Europe Staggered. A Russian Back Down. Preparing for Abandoning the War.s Europe in Amazement. the Czar Must Be Mad. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 3

An official communique has been issued at Stf. Petersburg which says that distant territory of Russia has been treacherously attacked, and that the…

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Opinions in France. Socialists Against War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 February 1904 · page 3

The Congress of French Socialists is being held at St. Eticnno, the famous manufacturing centre in the Lyonnais, in the south of France…

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General War News. Change of Russian Ministers. M. de Pleske Transferred to the Council of the Empire. London, Saturday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 February 1904 · page 3

An important rearrangement of bureaux in the civil control of the Russian Empire is announced. M. Pieske, Acting Director of…

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Cablegrams. War. Japan and Russia. Russia Bad Luck. the Maw of Baikal. Deadly Submarine Mines. The Russian Communique. Russia a Laughing Stock. the Victim of Treachery. Criticism in Europe America. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 February 1904 · page 3

The official Communique issued at St. Petersburg, stating that Russia had been "treacherously" attacked, and that the Czar's desire to maintain…

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General War News. Russian Warships Still at [?]Th. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 2

One Russian buttleship, several armoured cruisers, and a doxen or so terpedo destroyers are still riding at anchor off [?]butil…

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The Siberian Railway. Its Value as a War Asset. The Crossing of Lake Baikal

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 1

The Great Siberian Railway, by which Russia will have to transport practically all war supplies, connects Moscow with Port Arthur by a ribbon…

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Waiting for the Mandjur. Japanese Man of War at Shanghai. Russian Vessel Wants to Remain. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 2

The military authorities at Shanghal at the insurance of Japan, have ordered the Russian gunboat, the Mandjur, which has been undergoing repairs…

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Naval Activity In France. Cherbourg Exercising Torpedo Boats. and Examining Her Mines. Has France Become Involved in the War? London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 2

There is an extraordinary manifestation of naval and military activity at Cherbourg, a French port and arsenal in the department of Manche, at the…

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The War. a Sensational Development. Russia Temporarily Backs Down. An Official Communique Issued at St. Petersburg. Russia Admits Unpreparedness. More Time Wanted for Preparations. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 2

An official "communique," which is causing excited amazement, has been issued at St. Petersburg, admitting Russia's unpreparedness, owing to the…

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Cablegrams. War. Japan and Russia. Neutral Power Embroiled. Activity in France. Astonishing Russian Disclosures. A European Embroglio. Great Fall in French Stocks. Forty Millions in a Fortnight. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 2

All Europe at present is thrown into excitement with wars and rumours of wars, between varous nationalities, and on this account certain…

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General War News. Russian Activity on Land. Scouts and Anju. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 2

A body of Russian scouts has already been sighted at Anju, a town within a few miels of Korea Bay, and to the east of the Yalu River in Korea…

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The Limits of the War. Until Japan Is Driven From the Mainland. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 2

The "Svyot," the organ of the Pan-Slavists, has made the announcement that, no matter how long the Russo-Japanese war may last, it cannot…

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Russian Subscriptions to the War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 3

The Russian nation has contributed a million and a quarter sterling in aid of the navy, and a million and a half to the funds of the Russian Red Cross…

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General War News. Japan Decorates British Officers. for Bringing Out Her Cruisers. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 3

The Mikado of Japan has decorated the British officers who brought out to Japan the Kasuga and Nisshin, the two armoured cruisers bought from the…

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An Avalache in the Alps. [?] Kills Six Soldiers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 3

An avalanche in the Lower Alps [?] overwhelmed twenty soldiers, six of whom were killed…

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Japan Lands Forty Thousand Soldiers. at Her Base at Chemulpo

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 3

The correspondent of the London "Post" at Chefoo, the treaty port on the Shantung Peninsula, says that 40,000 more Japanese soldiers have…

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Cablegrams. War Japan and Russia. Another Russian Grizzle. Trans-Siberian Railway Destroyed. Mandjur to be Expelled. Trans-Siberian Railway Destroyed. Vladivcstock Cut Off. Cannot Communicate with Harbin. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 3

The correspondent of the London "Standard" at Scout, the capital of Korea, states that Japanese troops have destroyed seventy miles of…

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Notes on the War Cables

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 2

The first stage of the advance of the Japanese army corps now in Korea will be to Ping Yang, situated about midway in the narrowest neck of the Korean Peninsular…

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Latest War News. London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 2

The Russian transport Kital, with war stores for the Far East, an touching at Colombo cabled to Odessa that as air the mechanics at port Arthur are…

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The War. Russia's Naval Reserves

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 4

The naval correspondent of the London Daily Chronicle writes:— "It is apparently not generally recognised that if Russia were definitely defeated…

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