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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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Britain and Germany Prospects of War. a Sensational Article. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 2

A startling article has been contributed by Admiral Charles Cooper Penrose Fitzgerald, of the British Navy, to the "Doutson Revue," in which he…

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Supposed Contraband of War. Finnish Steamer Stopped

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 May 1905 · page 2

The Finnish steamer Aegir, when leaving Lubeck, an important shipping town in Germany on the river Trave, 12 miles from the Baltic Sea, for…

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Britain and Germany Possibility of War. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 May 1905 · page 2

The German Navy League is making use of the incautious remarks of Admiral Fitzgerald (British Admiral) in a German review concerning the…

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General War News a Dash From Vladivostock. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 May 1905 · page 2

Four Russian torpedo boats, which made an intrepid dash from Viadivo-stock, arrived [?] west coast of the island of Kokkaido (one of the…

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Cablegrams. War News. the Baltic Fleet. Niebogatoff's Fleet. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 May 1905 · page 2

Definite information has at last been received in regard to the movement of Admiral Niebogatoff's third or supplementary Baltic squadron…

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The War. a Vladivostock Dash. a Small Raid. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

The Russian naval authorities at Vladivostock, taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese war ships are engaged in watching for the Baltic…

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The War. the Russian Fleet. Supplies from Saigon. Japanese Press Angry. LONDON, May 5

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 4

The Japanese press are still very much annoyed at the inactivity France is displaying in preserving the neutrality of her Indo-China coast…

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Cablegrams. War News. the Baltic Fleet. Grave Situation Abroad. Possible Embriolment of England. Excitement in Japan. Great Anxiety in England. Strong Message to France. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

The latest outlook regarding peace abroad is somewhat disquieting, and is occasioned by the action of France concerning the Baltic squadron in the…

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Cablegrams. War News. This Baltic Fleet. Neutrality of France. Reassuring the Japanese Ambassador. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 2

M. Delcasse, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, in receiving yesterday the motions of his superiors presented by the Japanese Ambassador at Paris…

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General War News. Reorganising the Train Service, London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 May 1905 · page 2

General Linievitch has forbiddon officers the use of trains do luxe, when travelling to the suet of war. This action has made 200 more…

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Cablegrams. War News. the Baltic Fleet. Complication with France. Rojesvensky Moved on Followed by French Warships London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 May 1905 · page 2

The Russian press adopts a tone which is described as being in no way grateful" to France for compelling Admiral Rojesvensky to "move on" the…

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The Russian Sick and Wounded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 2

It is reported that there are two thousand sick or wounded Russian officers and 30,000 men in hospitals at various places between Balkal and…

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An Exhaustive War. Russian View. London, May 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 26

There is a predominant feeling in Russian official circles that a prolongation of the war will exhaust Japan, and compel her to accept peace on terms exempting Russia…

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Financing the War. Russia's Daring Scheme. London, May 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 26

There is a report in St. Petersburg that the Government has decided upon a bold scheme to meet the difficulty experienced in raising funds to carry on the war. It is…

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The Russo-japanese War. Japanese Movements. London, May 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 26

The Japanese are again pressing forward steadily in Manchuria. It is reported in Tokio that Marshal Oyama's extreme right and left have been materially advanced…

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General War News. London, Thursday. Japanese Threaten Linievitch's Right

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 2

Advices state that strong Japanese forces, well screened, are threatening General Linievitch's right flank…

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Cablegrams. War News. the Baltic Fleet. London, Thursday. a Report Discredited

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 2

The Russian Admiralty discredits the report circulated in St. Petersburg, that a cruiser belonging to the Baltic squadron under Admiral Rojesvensky,…

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The War. the Manchurian Campaign. The Russian Fleet. Now Kept Moving. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 2

Besides pushing forward on their own left, as indicated by the fighting in the neighbourhrod of Chang-tu-fu, the Japanese are also moving in the…

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The War. The French-Japanese Negotiations. Apparently Amicably Settled. Reported Wreck of the Japanese Flagship. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 1

Had Japan been convinced that France was, of malice prepense, guilty of assisting the Baltic fleet she would have been less patient. The French…

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General War News. Cruisers From Valdivostock. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 2

The Russian cruisers Russia and Gromohol, which have been stationed at Valdivostock have been sighted near Armori…

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