Sufferings of the Wounded
LONDON, Monday.—The Russian newspapers publish horrible details of the needless sufferings of the sick and wounded. Medical necesssaries, and…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1904
484 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 25
The War. Latest Operations. Encircling Movement
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.—It is rumoured in St. Petersburg that 23,000 men under Major-General Stackelberg (belonging to the First Siberian Army…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Russians in Danger. Rear Almost Annihilated
LONDON, Tuesday.—An alarming report received at a late hour yesterday at St. Petersburg, states that General Kuropatkin's rear-guard has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Russians Retreating. Japanese Near Mukden
LONDON, Wednesday.—The Japanese have occupied Yentai. Heavy rear-guard fighting is proceeding north-east of Yentai, within…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sufferings of the Wounded
LONDON, Thursday.—The correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" says that 80 railway cars, filled with wounded, daily traverse Mukden…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Russians at Mukden. Japanese Rapidly Advancing
LONDON, Thursday.—Advices received from St. Petersburg state that General Kuropatkin, with the bulk of his troops, has arrived at Mukden…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. the Russian Flight. Pursuit Maintained
LONDON, Friday.—While General Kuropatkin's main force is hurrying to Tich-ling, the north of Mukden, the 1st and 7th Russian Army Corps, under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pen-notes and Pencillings. War Cartooning a Hundred Years Ago
The war cartoon where it applies to a war in which one's country is not actively interested has just that amount of snap which one notes in a cartoon on distant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Russian Soldier
The rank and file of the Russian army are illiterate. Not 10 per cent. of them can read and write. It was the great-grandfather of the present Czar who…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The War. March on Tieh-ling. Storm Hinders the Advance
LONDON, Saturday.—The correspondent of the London "Daily Express" states that 12,000 Russians are south of Mukden…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Lull in Fighting
LONDON, Monday.—Correspondents at St. Petersburg or the French newspapers report that at telegram was received in that city from General…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. Something Relating to Mrs. Maybrick.—a Valuable Piece of Information Regarding the War in the Far East.—wanted. "Steamers of Not Less Than 6000 Tons Tonnage."—the Efforts of Our Local Tommies to Qualify As Expert Soldiers.—the Mistake of a Great Local Weakness.—ridicule of Our Defenders. Sydney
The files from abroad which have just come to hand, are extra rich in information in which we are interested. The London "Chronicle," for instance, publishers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Non-combatants Wounded
LONDON, Tuesday.—Reuter's Liaoyang correspondent reports that many non-combatants were wounded at Liaoyang, and that their condition is now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Sassulitich Gaptured. Three Thousand Prisoners
LONDON, Tuesday.—The "Morning Post says that official Russian despatches have been received in London,—which announce that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germany's African War
LONDON, Wednesday.—The Herreros, the native tribe in revolt, in German South-west Africa, are constantly cluding the German troops sent in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Coming Mukden Battle. Left to Russia's Rearguard
LONDON, Wednesday.—It is believed it St. Petersburg that when the Japanese attack Mukden. General Kuropatkin will leave a rear-guard of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Battle Expected Shortly
LONDON, Thursday.—General Kuropatkin, the Russian Commander-in-Chief, telegraphs to a friend that he expects a serious collision shortly, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Correspondents
LONDON, Friday.—The Japanese newspapers, owing to the comments in England, urge the relaxation of the restrictions upon war correspondents…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After the War
The recent rumour that Russia and Germany had arrived at an understanding for the furtherance of their mutual ends, at the end of the war,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War More Humane
It is only a few years ago that M. Bloch wrote his book. "The War." In this he gave terribly realistic pictures of modern war, and prophesied that it would be…
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