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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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The War. Russia and Japan. Fighting on Land. Trains of Russian Wounded, London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 7

Reports have reached Newchwang th0t the Japanese crossed the Tatung Pass, 40 miles from Haicheng, and have liad several collisions with the…

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War Notes

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 3

"The highly circumstantial" account of the capture of Port Arthur published by a japanese paper sounds too unreasonable to be true. To capture…

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The War

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 2

The "Times" war correspondent reports that the Japanese are holding Anju, the city on the Great Mandarin…

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Japan v. Russia. Synopsis of war's Progress. London

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 2

Russia has intimated that inasmuch as Korea Las joined Japan she will be considered in the light of a belligerent. Two thousand Korean troops have been…

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The War. Russia and Japan. the Bombardment of Port Arthur. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 3

Admiral Alexeieff reports that on Monday night search lights at Port Arthur twice revealed the approach of Japanese destroyers…

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Cablegrams. London, Thursday. the War. Russia and Japan. Admiral Bridge on the Situation. Japanese March on Harbin

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 4

Admiral Bridge says the great point in the present war was the success of the torpedo boat destroyers. In the action at Chemulpho they…

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War Notes

The Inverell Argus · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2

If the reports received from the seat of war be true, the aggressive Jap. is still forging ahead so fast that he is paralysing his ponderous…

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The War of Wars

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2

THIS twentieth century must grow some what older before it is possible to appreciate in their true proportion the events of the nineteenth century Nevertheless,…

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Latest Telegraphic News. In Through Greville's Telegram Company. Russ Japanese War. London

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 3

ADMIRAL BRIDGE says that the great point in the present war was the success of the torpedo boat destroyers in the action at Chemulpho…

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The War. Russia and Japan. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 8

The correspondent of the 'Daily Telegraph' at Tokio states that sixteen Japanese warships on Tuesday night escorted seven merchant…

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The War. Russia and Japan. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 3

A telegram from St. Petersburg says:—In consequence of the advance of 40,000 Japanese troops, the Russians…

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Red Tape at the War Office. Amusing [?]

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 2

Mr. Arnold Foreter gives some amusing instances in the "National Review" of red tape at the War Office. A militiaman cannot be buried at a cost exceeding £2…

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Cablegrams. London. Monday. the War. Russia and Japan. a Russian Account of Sunday's Bombardment. Japanese Army Movements

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 4

A Russian account of Sunday's attempt to block the entrance to Port Arthur, states that six torpedo boat destroyers and sixteen warships…

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Japan v. Russia. Synopsis of war's Progress. London

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 2

Admiral Bridge says the great point in the present war was the success of the torpedo boat destroyers. In the action at Chemulpho they fought at…

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War Notes

The Inverell Argus · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 2

The Russians must have realised that they have no prospects of either keeping China among the neutrals or much less of obtaining her…

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Japan's War Automobiles

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 7

THE Japanese government, in anticipation of war with Russia, ordered from an English firm 100 war automobiles of a type that has…

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The War. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 4
Also in The Inverell Argus

THE TIMES correspondent at Tokio says that preparations are being made in Japan for a two years' struggle. At the request of General Kuropatkin,…

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What Will the War Cost?

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 4

RUSSIA'S Army on a war footing accounts for £1,120,000 a day. Her peace expenditure on her navy is £8,000,000 a year, which sum may be multiplied indefinitely for war…

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Latest War News. LONDON

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 2

Correspondents at Tokio state that 200 transports are conveying coal and troops to a secret base 120 miles from Port Arthur…

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