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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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Russo-Japanese War. Hot Fighting on the Yalu. Niuchwang Captured by Japanese. London, May, 4

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 2

A report by General Sassulitch, who commanded the Russian army on the Yalu during the recent fighting has been published…

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The Religion of Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 29

In the House of Representatives Mr Crouch drew attention to a question on the forms for enlistment in the military forces. The applicant was asked. "What…

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The Russo-japanese War. Battle on the Yalu. Russians Out-generalled and Out-fought. Splendid Charge by the Japanese Troops. London, May 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 26

The Japanese forces have finally obtained a footing in Manchuria, having crossed the Yalu River, after six days' continuous fighting. The Russian forces have been driven…

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Cablegrams. War! Battle of the Yalu. Deeds of Heroism. Immense Captures by Japan. Port Arthur Sealed at Last. Bravery of the Japanese. The Yalu Disaster. Glorious Russian bravery. Painful Incidents. the Colours Saved. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 3

General Krastalinski, one of the Russian commanders at the recent severe engagement on the Yalu, reports some exceedingly painful but glorious…

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What Caused the War. Persecution of Jews. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 3

Eighty inhabitants of Bender, in the province of Bessarabia, having declared that the present war between Russia and japan was the result of Jewish…

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Cablegrams. War! Niuchwang Threatened. Details of the Yalu. Russian Generalship Condemned. Coal Contracts Cancelled. Russian Threats to China. Niuchwang Threatened. The Japanese Fleet. Its Movements and Intentions. Landing Troops at Pitsuwo. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 3

A telegram from Russian sourced at POrt Arthur states that the Japanese fleet is now behind Liaotieshan, at the extreme point of the Liaotung…

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Firing Upon an Ambulance Train. Japanese Soldiers Accused. Two Sick Soldiers Wounded. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 May 1904 · page 2

General Plug has telegraphed to St. Petersburg that a body of a hundred Japanese soldiers, from a position to the eastward of the Port Arthur…

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General War News. a New Russian Loan. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 May 1904 · page 2

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Cablegrams. War! Port Arthur Besieged Three Armies Land. Depression in Russia. Kuropatkin in a Quandary. Descent Upon Liaotung Japanese Land In Three Places. Japanese Land Near Port Arthur. A Japanese Land Near Port Arthur. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 May 1904 · page 2

A Reuter's dispatch from Chefoo states that, according to trustworthy advices, a landing has been successfully effected on the Liaotung Peninsula…

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Cablegrams. War! General Russian Retreat. Liaptung Seized by Japan. Terrible Russian Bungling. Soldiers Living on Beans. Enormous Russian Losses. Liaotung Peninsula Occupied. Japanese Land in Three Places. Mmense Japanese Activity, London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 10 May 1904 · page 2

The landing of the Japanese at Kinchan. above Port Arthur, as announced yesterday, was protected by sixteen Japanese warships…

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Latest by Telegraph Latest War News. Sealing Port Arthur. London

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 May 1904 · page 2

A heavy gale has hindered the operations of the Japanese in sealing Port Arthur. Eight steamers, [?] dash for the…

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The War. Continued Japanese Progress. Fong-hwang-cheng and Dalny Captured. Port Arthur now Surrounded. The Russians leaving Newchwang LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 May 1904 · page 2

News has been received that the Japanese troops which followed up the retreating Russians from the Yalu, captured Fenghwang-chang, in Manchuria, on the main…

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Alexiefe Reported Wounded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 May 1904 · page 2

A Chinese report is current that Admiral Alexieff was s[?] wounded before leaving Port Arthur…

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General War News. Russian Reinforcements

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 May 1904 · page 2

A body of forty-five thousand Russian reinforcement will be ready to leave Moscow for the Far East within month…

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[?] of War Cables by Censors

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 May 1904 · page 2

The war correspondents at the front are greatly hindered in their work of supplying the war news to the world by the soverity of the Japanese…

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War Celebrations in Tokio Accidents in the Streets

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 May 1904 · page 2

While celebrating the recent Japanese victories on the Yalu in the streets on Tolde 41 persons were killed and [?] others injured, most of them [?]…

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War and Finances. Russian Stocks Depressed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 May 1904 · page 2

As a consequence of the almost daily reverses sustained by the Russian forces, the stocks of that nation on the Continental bourses are suffering to a…

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Cablegrams. War! Evacuating Niuchwang. Disaffection in Russia. the Baltic Fleet. Shortage of Provisions. Russian Finances. Evacuation of Niuchwang Operations Proceeding. Railway Cut at Haicheng. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 May 1904 · page 2

Good progress is being made in the Russian evacuation of Ni[?] which was reported yesterday to have commenced…

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Cotton Contraband of War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 May 1904 · page 2

An Imperial Russian [?] has been issued declaring cotton to be a [?] of war, because it is used in the manufacture of generation and…

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Sufferings of the Wounded. Tortures Endured by the Russians. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 May 1904 · page 2

The Russian wounded are reported to be enduring terrible privations. There are no ambulances available, and the comrades of the wounded men…

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