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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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Cablegrams. War News. Fate of Kirin and Harbin. a Russian Opinion. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 April 1905 · page 2

The military expert of the "Novoe Vremya," a prominent Russian daily newspaper, in an article states that he forsees that the Japanese armies in…

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The War

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 2

General Linevitch has taken steps to stop the exodus from Harbin, due to fears of the early approach of the Japanese forces, and only women and…

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The War. London

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 2

The Austrian military attache is missing since the battle of Mukden, and it is feared that he has been killed. General Linievitch has sent fifty thousand…

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British Army. War Office Criticised. London, April 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 21

During the debate on the army Estimates in Committee of Supply in the House of Commons last evening much adverse criticism was indulged in generally, and…

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The War. The Czar Still Insists on Carrying on the War. Military Authorities Reported to Favor Peace. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 1

Generals Stackelberg and Sakharoff are returning to Russia, the former owing to ill-health, the latter owing to a difference with General Linievitch…

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The Trail of War. Sufferings Round Mukden. London, April 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 21

The rival armies, having moved on from Mukden, have left behind them at the ancient Manchu capital a terrible picture of desolation. There are frightful…

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Cable News. the Russo-japanese War. Peace Negotiations. London, March 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 26

The report that some preliminary negotiations regarding peace were in progress receives very definite confirmation this morning in "The Times."…

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War-Ships in Collision. H.M.S. Prince George Damaged. London, April 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 27

In connection with the visit to Tangier, the Emperor William called at Gibraltar. While there the German cruiser Prinz Friedrich Karl, 8868 tons, came into…

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The Russo-japanese War. on to Harbin. Japanese Press Forward. London, April 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 21

There is no fighting to record from the Far East, but the indications are that Japan purposes to push on her pursuit direct to Harbin…

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Cablegrams. War News. Isolating the Russian Army. Japanese Marching on the Railway. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 2

A correspondent of the Russian Newspaper "Russ," reports that the Japanese are marching on Tsitchar which is about 150 miles north-west…

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Cablegrams. War News. Russian Flanking Attempts. Repulsed Will Heavy Loss. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 2

The Russians on Tuesday were assuming the offensive, and first bombarded Chin-chu-tan with artillery. Then a large infantry force…

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Short Story. a Soldier of Brittany

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 2

[?] was in the country, near the forest not far from the Seine; in the modest villa where I hoped to spend my old age, that saw Josh do Thommeray for the first time. He…

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General War News. Another Japanese Loan. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 2

The fifth issue of Japanese Exchequer Bonds for 100,000,000 you ([?]10,000,000) will be made carly in May on the same terms as the fourth…

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Government Aid for Soldiers' and Sailors' Families

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 2

The Japanese Government has granted 10,000,000 you [?]1,000,000) to the relatives of the soldiers and sailors who were killed by the enemy…

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Cablegrams. War News. Going to Its Doom. the Baltic Squadron. Forty Seven Warships. Sighted at Singapore. Excitement in the Straits Settlements. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 2

Lloyd's Institution has received a report that the Russian Baltic Fleet, under Admiral Rojesvensky, passed Singapore, in the Straits Settlements,…

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The War. London

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 2

The Japanese Government has decided to distribute the sum of ten million yen (£1,000,000) amongst the needy relatives of soldiers and sailors who have died during…

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General War News. London, Monday. Russian Hopes and Achievements

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 2

General Kuropatkin has telegraphed to the Czar that the First Army feels confident of victory in the next battle in which it engages, but that he must…

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The Horrors of War. Awful Carnage. Dead Piled in Heaps. 160,000 Men Shot

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 4

American files by the R.M.S. Sierra, which arrived last week from San Francisco, give details of the battle of Moukden…

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Cablegrams. War News. Going to Its Doom. the Baltic Squadron London, Monday. Supposed Destination Saigon

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 2

It is stated that the Baltic Fleet under Admiral Rojesvensky, which passed Singapore on Saturday, is trying to reach Saigon, the chief seaport of…

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Wounded at Mukden Battlefields. 15,000 Abandoned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 April 1905 · page 2

Owing to the Persistency of the Japanese pursuit of the Russians near Mukden, a large number of wounded were left on the battlefields, and…

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