The Naval War
When the history of the Russo-Japanese war is written by experts, light will be thrown upon much which is at present inexplicable for the lack…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1904
484 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 25
The War. Manchurian Fighting. Japanese Occupy Passes
LONDON, Wednesday.—General Kuroki reports that two Russian battalions attacked the Mo-tien-ling at dawn on Monday, during a dense fog…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Field-Marshal Oyama, has been appointed to control the Japanese operations in Manchuria…
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Mr. Mark Sykes writes to " The Times" to call attention to the havoe wrought by the Balkan earthquake on Easter Monday, of which he gives a vivid picture from personal…
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LONDON, Friday.—Chinese refugees report that Port Arthur is completely Themmed in by the Japanese on the land side…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pen-notes and Pencillings. the Jubilee of the War Nurse. Sebastopol
This year is the jubilee of the War Nurse, Up to 1854 women in a war camp for purpose of nursing the wounded were unknown. If only newspapers had existed…
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Several instances having been reported of the failure of masters of mercantile vessels to answer signals made to them by war vessels, the Board of Trade has forwarded the…
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LONDON, Sunday.—Reuter's Agency at Tokio reports that after severe fighting, General Oku has occupied kaiping, on the line of railway between…
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LONDON, Monday.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the London "Standard" announces that 20,000 Japanese have occupied heights…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. Interesting Particulars of the War.—"the Battle of Cripple Creek."—lord Jersey, Mr. Waddell.—and the Agent-generalship.—the Carriage of Parcels.—a Storm That Was a Storm.—an Interesting Question Relating to Navigation. Sydney
The American flies and brimful of interest in all that appears in them relating to the war. A correspondent who witnessed the Valu River battle furnishes a most vivid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wounded at Kaiping
LONDON, Tuesday.—The Japanese Commander, General Koideumi, was wounded in the thigh at the battle of Kaiping…
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The Japanese have been much praised for their hospital arrangements at the seat of war. All the same they would be superhuman if they were able to provide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Japanese Closing In. Fighting at Port Arthur
LONDON, Tuesday.—General Baron Oku, the Japanese Commander, whose forces recently occupied Kaiping, is now advancing northward parallel…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Intelligence has been received that the Japanese army which landed at Takushan, in the Shan-tung Promontory, divided…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wickham. Returned Soldiers' Ball
The soldiers of the Newcastle district who fought in the South African campaign donned khaki again last evening, this occasion, however, being in the interests of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hamilton. Reminiscences of War
A lecture was delivered by Dr. Horsfall, D.S.O., under the auspices of St. Peter's Young Men's Club, in their school hall, on Wednesday evening, the subject being…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The Russians credit the Japanese Commander, General Kuroki, whose troops are now is the vicinity of Liao-yang, with a force…
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LONDON, Friday.—Heavy firing has been heard at Newchiwang by day and night, suggesting that a battle is in progress between Kai-ping and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pen-notes and Pencillings. "A War Over a Cup of Tea." Thibetan Soldiers Disputing the Passage of a Pass. Also Sectional Map Showing the Altitude of Thibet, and the Thibetan General Who Was Captured in the First Engagement
The little British war in Thibet is in some particulars one of the most interesting ever entered upon. Also, it is one of the most peculiar, as it is being fought…
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Much indignation is being created, and that justly, by the feet that a vessel of the Russian Volunteer Fleet has stopped and overhauled a British…
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