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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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The War. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1905 · page 5

THIRTY TWO battalions of troops have been added to the garrison at Vladivostok. Fifteen thousand Russian wounded, who were abandoned on the battlefields around…

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Monuments to War Horses

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1905 · page 9

It is surprising, considering the general esteem in which the horse is held, that so few memorials have been prected to commemorate their faithful service in war time…

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Cablegrams. War between Russia and Japan. London, Wednesday

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1905 · page 5

DELIGHT is expressed by the Russian Admiralty that the Baltic fleet is not divided. It is hoped the fleet will keep moving and avoid torpedo boats…

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Returned Soldiers' Pay. SYDNEY. Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1905 · page 5

THE Royal Commission appointed by the State Government to inquire into the claims of certain contingentera returned from South Africa was opened this…

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The War

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1905 · page 2
Also in The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record, The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate

MATTERS in the Far East have taken on a new interest, the disturbing factor in the situation being the advent of the largest portion of the Baltic…

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The War. Russia and Japan. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 April 1905 · page 3

The Singapore correspondent of the 'Daily Mail' asserts positively that seven Russian battleships passed Singapore on Saturday. He declares that…

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Cablegrams. London, Thursday the War. Russia and Japan

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 April 1905 · page 4

Two British first-class armed cul-1 sers, which arrived at Singapore, report passing the Baltic Fleet, including seven battleships, at daylight on…

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The War. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 8

H.M.S. SUTLEJ, 12,000 tons, and Iphigenia, 3600 tons, have arrived at Singapore with a view to protecting the port. The commander of the Sutlej reports passing the…

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Naval Lessons of the War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 3

THE war in the Far East has taught two lessons which naval authorities regard as surprises. The first is that torpedo attacks are much less…

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Cablegrams. War between Russia and Japan. London, Wednesday

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 5

MANY colliers, presumably with coal for the Russians, are arriving at Hongkong for orders…

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The War. Russia and Japam. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 6

The [?] [?] by Admiral [?] [?] [?]…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. the War. Russia and Japan

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 5

The French correspondent at St[?] Petersburg states that RozhdestVensky[?] intends waiting for Negogatool's souad [?] ron before meeting Togo…

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War Finances

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 2

THE finances of a great war always present features of interest, the large use that the Russian Government has made of bank notes is a matter that financial men will view with a good deal of…

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Christmas in War Time

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 6

One remarkable feature of the slege of Paris, in 1870, was that everyone's appetite increased enormo[?] So says the author of "France In the Nineteenth Century."…

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Cablegrams. [Through Our Cable Representatives] War between Russia and J a p a n. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 5

A SINGAPORE correspondent says that Russian agents cut the cable from Fu-chan, on the mainland to Tom-bin, Formosa…

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Russian Soldiers at Chan-chun. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 5

THE Russian soldiers from Chan chun to Ki[?] and south wards number 200,000…

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Britain's Weakly Soldiers

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 7

General Lyttleton, one of the commanders of the British army in South Africa, declares that the cigarette habit is playing havoc in the army and that unless something is done soon…

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The War

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 2

A Petersburg telegram to the "Echo de Paris" says that Admiral Rozhdestvensky, in his last cable, says: "I…

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