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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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The War. Charge Against China. Russia Seeks Satisfaction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 August 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The final attack upon Port Arthur commenced yesterday. The assault upon the fortress is…

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Contraband of War. Britain's Emphatic Protest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—A protest has reached St. Petersburg in the sense of statements made by Lord Lansdowne, the British Minister for…

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The War. Port Arthur Siege. Demand for Surrender. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The Russian vessels which emerged from Port Arthur Harbour on Tuesday have returned, having evidently been unable to…

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Contraband of War. Coaling Facilities Checked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The proclamation which was issued at Maita at the outset of the war relating to the coaling and provisioning of belligerent…

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Contraband of War Diplomatic Negotiations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Great Britain and America, acting independently of one another, but on parallel lines, in Notes they have presented to Russia,…

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The War. Port Arthur Assault. Great Japanese Losses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—It is officially reported that the Commandant of Port Arthur refused to surrender or to expel the noncombatants…

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The War. Tremendous Bombardment. Russians Retiring North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 August 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—There was a tremendous bombardment of Port Arthur on Saturday, the 20th instant, both from land and sea…

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The War. Trouble at Shanghai. America Clears for Action

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—There are one German wa[?]ship, two British, four French, and eight American warships at Shanghai…

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The Work of Spying in War Time

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 5

A Russian Admiral has complained about the system of Japanese spying, but where-in the use much less the merit of such a charge as levelled? The Japanese naturally…

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The War. Port Arthur Conflict. Great Japanese Losses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Reuter's Agency reports that a tremendous connect is raging at Port Arthur, and that victory is hanging in the balance…

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The War. Desperate Fighting. Shanghai Difficulty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The Japanese who are storming Port Arthur have occupied Tarpingtze, a mile from the city, and between the city and the…

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The War. Japanese Successes. Capture of Forts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—A Chinese junk which has arrived at Chifu reports that the Japanese have occupied [?] fort of Ilzusnan (Chair Hill) and…

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The Idealism of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1904 · page 11

Count Tolstol's remarkable denunciation of war, published in "The Time" must have set many people thinking on the grave question which it raises Abstract…

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Count Tolstoi on War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1904 · page 16

Count Toistol contributes to the "London Times" a striking article on the war, from which we take the following extract:— war Again sufferings, necessary…

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The War. Port Arthur Struggle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 August 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—Two divisions of Japanese in infantry and ten batteries are operating against Liatisban, the Russian fortress south of Port Arthur,…

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Contraband of War. Russian List Preparing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—A Joint committee of the Admiralty and the office of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs at St. Petersburg is preparing a list, to be…

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The War. Russians Retreating. Some Fierce Engagements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Russian transport and artillery have retired safely to Liao-yang. The correspondent of the London…

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The War. Fighting Near Liao-yang. Continuous Roar of Cannon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Major-General Sakharoff, telegraphing from Liaoyang yesterday, reports as follows on the fighting in the neighbourhood of…

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The War. Japanese Successes. Russians Encircled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Official Japanese despatches state that neither contestant has yet realised any visible result…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. the Immediate Theatre of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 5

The Russo-Japanese war has taken on a defined land complexion, the question of sea control having been practically of settled. The accompanying map shows the…

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