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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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Cablegrams. War. Surrender of Port ARthur. Blaming General Stoessel. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 2

Practically the entire Russian press demands that General Stoessel should be courtmartialled for his premature surrender of Port Arthur…

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The War. the Position in Manchuria. Unfavorable Weather Continues. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 2

General Kuropatkin, is taking measures to extend and strengthen both his flanks. He is specially concentrating six divisions (about 90,000…

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General War News. LONDON, Tuesday. Position in Manchuria

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 2

some changes in the disposition of the Russian troops fronting the Japanese lines along the Shade river occurred on Sunday…

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Cablegrams. War. The Baltic Fleet. 70 Ships at Nossi Be. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 2

The Russian Baltic Fleet and its flotilla of collieries, amounting in all to 70 vessels, are now, at Nossi Be, a voleanic mountainous island on the…

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The War Indemnity a Difficulty

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 2

The only difficulty in the way of peace foreseen by Russia, and upon which it is known that Japan will insist, is the payment of the necessarily…

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General War News. LONDON, Wednesday. Trans-siberian Railway Blocked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 2

Advices from Berlin state the Trans-Siherian Railway is interrupted in four different places, and that there is an [?] congestion of war supplies…

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Cablegrams. War! Proposals for Peace. a Russian Move. Suggested Concessions to Japan. The Only Stumbling Block A Great War Indemnity. London, Wednesday. Czar Discusses Peace

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 2

The correspondent of Reuter's Press Agency at St. Petersburg has learnt from a souree which enjoys the highest patronage in Russian official…

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Contraband of War. London, February 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 17

The Japanese have captured two more British steamers carrying coal for Vladivostock. They are the Powderham, 3019 tons, owned by Bellamy and Co.,…

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Stop the War Movement. London, February 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 26

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," affirms that the conviction is growing among the highest dignitaries in Russia that it is vital to the…

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The War. the Baltic Fleet. London, 22nd February

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 2

Advices received at Tokio from Admiral Kamimara, who some weeks ago was with a Japanese squandron off the Java Coast, hopefully foreshadow an…

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The War. The Baltic Fleet Provisioning Recalcitrant Russian Generals. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 4

There is profound indignation in Japan at the report that Japanese were roped together and led through Mukden, on the 4th inst, amid the…

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The Russo-japanese War. Manchurian Campaign. Russian Cruelty; London. February 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 17

A sensation haS been caused in Japan by a statement, of Russian cruelty to wounded Japanese. It is reported, upon the authority of…

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The Russo-japanese War. Port Arthur's Fall. Stoessel Interviewed. London February 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 27

General Stoessel, who is on his way back to Russia, has arrived at Port Said, and has given an interview to a representative of the "Standard." He denied the serious…

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General War News. LONDON, Thursday. Chinese Territory Violated. Russians Damage a Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 2

Three hundred Russians have raided and slightly damaged the railway between [?]aicheng and Tashichlao, thereby violating Chinese territory west of…

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The War. Reported Prospects of Peace. The Alleged Russian Conditions. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent in St. Petersburg states that he learns from a source which enjoys high patronage that the Czar has already formally…

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Cablegrams. War. The Peace Proposals. Scouted by Japan. a Preposterous Basis Japan Not So "Soft." London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 2

Baron Suyematsu, the Japanese Special Envoy in England, has been interviewed regarding the Russian proposals for peace with Japan…

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Cablegrams. War. London, Friday the Third Baltic Fleet. Avoids the Dogger Bank

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 2

Reports from Denmark state that the third Baltic fleet now on its way to the Far East, is keeping close in to the Dutch coast thereby avoiding the…

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General War News. LONDON, Sunday. Russian Prisoners in Japan

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 2

There are now 44,400 Russian soldiers who have been taken prisoners confined in Japan. This total includes 616 officers…

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Cablegrams. War. Fighting in Manchuria. Russian Position Turned. a Base Abandoned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 2

The Japanese are now gradually closing in on the left flank of General Kuropatkin, where General Sakharoff, the Chief of the Staff reports that…

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The War. the Manchurian Campaign. Important Flank Move Russians Anxious About the Baltic Fleet. LONDON, Taturday

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 2

Heavy fighting is reported from Russian sources on the Russian left flank about Tsin-chen-san. The Japanese made a desperate attack on a…

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