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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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General War News. Japanese Activity. on the West Coast of Corea. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 3

A considerable concentration of Japanese troops is taking place at Ilwangfu, a town a short distance inward from the coast at Chinampo…

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Is Australia Prepared for War? Faulty Equipment and tack of Stores. If Russia Descended upon us

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 4

In view of the possibility of Great Britain becoming involved in the war, a representative of the Adelaide Advertiser has interviewed the…

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The Russo-Japanese War Russia Concentrating in Korea. Japan Dispatching Many Troops. the Attacks on Port Arthur. London

The Independent · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 4

Moscow telegrams state that Russian infantry have occupied the Scoul-Pekingroad, between Lisoyang station and the Yalu River. The front and flunks of the…

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Cablegrams. War. Japan and Russia. Fladivostok ready for siege Bombardment Expected Defeat of the Chinchuses. Affairs at Vladivostock. Provisions for Four Months. Russian Squadron Shut In. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 3

Dr. G. E. Morrison, the "Times" correspondent in the Far East, says that the garrison at Vladivostock contains a force of 7300 men, and, that there…

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Russo-japanese War. Sydney March 3,10.30 a.m. Russian Torpedo Boats Watching for Contral Band. 1000 Russian Troops Unfit for Service. Japs Preparing for a Dash on Liastung for a Dash Japanese Staff for Chemulpo. Russian Spies Captured. Tartars Shot Dead. London

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

Five Russian torpedo boats have left Port Said on the way to Algiers to watch for contraband while crnising. The severe frost bite in the vicinity of…

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War Correspondent

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 2

It is announced that fifty-three war correspondents will be allowed to accompany the Japanese forces to the front…

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Latest War News

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 2

The bodies of 50 Japanese have been washed ashore at Wes[?]. It is supposed they belonged to the gunboat which sank near Chef[?]…

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General War News. Russia Entrenching at Antung. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 2

The Russian forces are entrenching themselves at Antung, a port in Manchuria near the mouth of the Yalu River, where they have place in…

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Carrying Contraband of War. Russian Squadron Active. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 2

The Mediterranean squadron under Admiral Viernius has been ordered to proceed to the Red Sea for the purpose of capturing all vessels carrying…

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Russo-Japanese War. Summary of the Week’s Cables

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 4

Though the Russians reported they had repulsed the Japanese with heavy loss in the attack on Port Arthur last week, it appears now that the Japanese painted some old vessels…

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Cablegrams. War. Three Japanese Expeditions. Egyptian Firmness. Capturing Contraband. More Japanese Land in Korea. Russia Blocked by Egypt. No Prizes Through the Canal No Warships in Egyptian Waters. Russia Moved On. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 2

The Egyptian Council of Ministers sitting at Cairo have decided that, from the 12th day of March, neither belligerent Power will be permitted to…

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The Japanese War Loan

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 March 1904 · page 2

SIX TIMES OVER SUBSCRIBED. The Japanese war loan of £10,000,000 has now been covered six times over…

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Contraband of War. Dodging the Sentries. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 March 1904 · page 2

Advice have been received in New York from Tokio that two vessels carrying Australian coal, also that British, Norwegian, and German…

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General War News. LONDON, Saturday. Russian Shipbuilding Activity Ten New Submarine Boats

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 March 1904 · page 2

The Newsky shipbuilding yards (on the Nova) are [?] building ten submarine boats after the English pattern…

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America Guards Her Mines. Soldiers Sent to Korea

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 March 1904 · page 2

A Reuter's correspondent has dug out the fact that sixty American soldiers have been sent to guard the American-owned gold mines near Unsan,…

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Cablegrams. War. Japan and Rusia. Russian Domestic Trouble. Finns Forced to Fight. Abandoment of Niuchwang Finns Won't Fight. Russia's Compulsory Methods Forced Into Railway Trains. for the Far East. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 March 1904 · page 2

M. Bobrikoff, Governor of Finland, addressing the Finish garrison of Sveaberg, near Holsingfors, eulogised the self-sacrilicing spirit of the Russian…

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Contraband of War. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 March 1904 · page 4

The Marquis of Lausdowne, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has stated in a letter in reply to one received from the corporation of Hull, that coal…

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The War. Naval Activity in Russia. Success of Japan's War Loan. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 March 1904 · page 2

The Japanese fleet has not been sighted for a week off Port Arthur. The Russo-Chinese Bank in removing its quarters from Niuchwang, the port, to…

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The War ! No News of Further Fighting. Korean Soldiers Attack Russians. Russia Detains Horses Purchased for England. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 March 1904 · page 1

The Japanese squadron has been again sighted off Vladivostock. Korean soldiers attacked a body of Russians, killing thirty, for…

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The Lesson of the War. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 March 1904 · page 4

The consideration of the naval estimates was continued in the House of Commons last evening. The vote for naval works, building, and repairs was…

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