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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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War News by Mail. Havoc at Port Arthur. Scores Killed by Japanese Shells The Population Demoralised. Non-Combatants Perish

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 4

From the statements of residents and officers of ships in harbor at the time, it is certain that Port Arthur has suffered severely from the various…

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Hoodie Crows and Wounded Game

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 1

A correspondent of ‘Country Life’ writing from Norfolk says :—‘At this time of the year we suffer from a regular invasion of grey crows which come across…

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General War News. Kuropatkin'd Bodyguard. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 2

General Kuropatkin, who is in charge of the land forces of Russia, now operating in Korea and Manehurla has obesen as as his bodygura fifteen knights…

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The War Correspondents Permitted to Enter Mukden. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 2

Admiral Alaxieff has also noti[?]fed that newspaper correspondent will be permitted to enter Mulden on condition that they do not diving to…

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CABLEGRAMS, War. RUSSO-JAPAN Intense Patriotism in Japan. Applications From Volunteers. Written in Their Own Blo[?] London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 2

The Japanese War Office is flocked with applications from volunteers anxious to go to the front. Men of all ages have applied, and…

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Humour. Soldier’s Adventures in India

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 1

Sandie Macpherson was a soldier in an English regiment, which landed in India on Christmas Day, Sandie was longing to hear a ‘braw Scot’S’ tongue, Suddenly…

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General War News. Admiral Alex[?] Resid[?]ation London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 April 1904 · page 2

THe Czar has not yet accepted Admiral Alexleff's re[?] as Viceroy of the Far least…

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CABLEGRAMS. War. RUSSO-JAPN The Petropavlovsk. Viccroy Alexleff's Report More Fragment[?] London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 April 1904 · page 2

Viceroy Alexieff now reports some of the details of the engagement which resulted in loss of the Petropavlovsk…

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The War. Latest Particulars. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 2

It is reported that the first Japanese army corps is advancing in the middle roaches of the Yalu to outflank the Russian position on the right bank…

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Conflicting Reports. a Multiplicity of War Correspondents. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 2

The reports from the seat of war continue to be of a conflicting character, despite the fact that there are now no less than 81 newspaper…

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The War The Japanese Advancing on the Yalu. Russian Cruisers Sink a Steamship. A Japanese Squadron off Viadivostock. A Russian War Loan. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 1

The Japanese colony at Gensan, which is unprotected, was alarmed on Monday by the arrival of three Russian cruisers and two torpedo crafts…

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CABLEGRAMS. War. RUSSO-JAPAN Traitors in Russia. Attempt to Destroy Ch[?]urisers Four Submarine Mines. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 2

A determined but unsuccessful attempt to destroy the two Russian cruisers Yemetehug and lzumrud, now in the Neca shipbuilding yards, has…

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General War News. a Chinese Warship Sinks, Londond

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 2

The Chinese warship Hall Tlen ([?]00 tons, armed with two Sin, and ten [?] in quick firing guns) stuck a rock off the Eillct islands, which he to the east…

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CABLEGRAMS.r War. RUSSO-JAPAN Russians Appear off Wousan. Japanese Chp[?] a Small Steams Sunk. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 2

On Monday the small and unprotected colony of Japanese at Wonsan were considerably alarmed by the arrival of three cruisers belonging to the Russian…

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CABLEGRAMS. War. RUSSO-JAPAN Action Inevitable. [?] Arm[?] on the Yalu.[?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 2

It is announced that an army of 10,000 Russian troopa occupy strougly fort[?]ed positions along the banks of the Yalu in Manchuria…

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Latest War News. Russian Ship Damaged. London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 2

A Russian battleship in course of construction on the Neva has been severely damaged in a mysterious manner…

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General War News. Another Russian Battleship Damaged. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 2

A battleship which is being built on the Neva was recently found to have been seriously damaged in a mysterious manner…

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The War ! The Japanese Advancing on the Yalu. Russian Cruisers Sink a Steamship. A Japanese Squadron off Vladivostock. A Russian War Loan. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 4

The Japanese colony at Gensan, which is unprotected, was alarmed on Monday by the arrival of three Russian cruisers and two torpedo crafts…

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CABLEGRAMS. War. RUSSO-JAPAN Crossing the Yalu. Japanese Not Opposed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 2

The Japanese are maling preliminary crossings of the River Yalu from Korea into Manchuria, without being seriously opposed by the Russians…

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The War. Position on the Yalu. How the Forces Stand. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 2

More detailed accounts have now been received from the war correspondents regarding the dispositions of the rival forces on the Yalu and in…

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