Reform in the War Office. London, Sunday. Recommendations of Lord Esher's Committee
Mr. Arnold Forster British Secretary for War, said that the system hiterto followed of dividing the forces of the Empire into army, and…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1904
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CABLEGRAMS. War. RUSSO-JAPAN The Petropavlovsk. Further Russian Details. Due to a Boiler Explosion. London
Further official details of the sinking of the battleship Petropavlovsk have now come to hand from Russia. The battleship was retiring before a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russians Banks and the War
The Czar has directed the Russian nobles and peasants to restrict their financial advances during the war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General War News. Japanese Dynamiting the Railway. London
Two Japanese staff officers, attired as Thibetan Lamas, have been arrested while endeavouring to dynamite the railway bridge over the [?] River…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. How the Petropavlovsk was Sunk. Russia Despairs of Her Navy. LONDON
The Japanese official report of the destruction of the Petropavlovsk states that she was coming our from Port Arthur when she struck a Japanese mine which was one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. War! the Petropavlovsk. Russia Outgeneralled. Brilliant Japanese Tactics. Port Arthur Doomed. The Petropavlovsk. An Authentic Verson. Admiral Togo's Report. Graphic Description of Japanese Cunning. London
At last there seems a possibility of the facts regarding the sinking of the Russian battleship Petropavlovsk on Wednesday last being made public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General War News. on the Yalu River. Japanese Retreat Before. the Russians. London
Reports have been received that the Russian outposts have occupied the Islands of the Lower Yalu, within four hundred yards of the Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. War! Japan and Russia. Makaroff's Widow. Disappearance of an Officer. China and Russia. China and Russia. Russia Retaliates. London
Owing to the Chinese Government having announced that in future they will not permit foodstuffs to be sent away to Menchuria, Russia has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General War News. the Baltic Fleet. London
The Czar has ordered the Baltic fleet to start for the Far east on July 15, next. His Majesty has sent to the [?] a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Painter Verestchagin. "The Horrors of War." London
Further information to hand illustrations in a graphic manner the death of the Russian painter, Verestchagin. He had arrived at Port Arthur on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War. RUSSO-JAPAN The Petropavlovsk. the Grand Duke Cyril. How He Was Saved. London
The Russian Grand Duke Cyril, who had such a marvellous escape during the sinking of the Petropavlovsk, has been interviewed at Harbin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Comforts for the Wounded. London, April 19
A novel provision for the wounded is being made by the Czar. He has sent out to the Yalu dogs which have been specially trained to track the wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Remember the War-Horse
There have been many monuments erected to the heroes of the South African War, but, speaking generally, a very large body of heroes have been overlooked. These are the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Man Who Made War
When the history of the Russo-Japanese war comes to be written it will be found to have been the work of one man—M. Bezobrazoff. The rise of this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Russo-japanese War. Latest News. London
Leading St. Petersburg papers feat that there is still much more news untold regarding the disaster. The Japanese are constructing four…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Ethergrams. War Correspondents As Spies. London
Russia has issued a circular to the Powers in which it is implied that all correspondents on board neutral steamers will be treated as spies and shot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General War News. Russians at the Front. London
Russain War Officials assert that there are 311,000 Russian soldier now at the front. It is not Intended to send more at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CABLEGRAMS. War. RUSSO-JAPAN The Petropavlovsk. Criminal Lack of Vigilance. London
Some St. Petersburg telegrams published in a Berlin newspaper state that the Czar has telegraphed to Admiral Alexieff that the wreek of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. All Quiet on the Yalu. The Czar on the Naval Disaster. LONDON
The Russian general reports all quiet on the Yalu, although the Japs are increasing. The new commander of the Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Russo-japanese War. Loss of the Pertopavlovsk. Admiral Makaroff's Untimely End. Profound Sensation in Russia. London, April 14
A great sensation was created throughout Russia when the news was published yesterday that the fine battleship Petropavlovsk, 11,000 tons, had been sunk by a mine, and…
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