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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

237 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 12

Britain's Food Supply. in Time of War. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 August 1905 · page 5

The report of the Commission appointed to inquire into the question of the food supply of Great Britain in time of war has now been published…

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The War. Conference Preliminaries London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 5

Baron Komura and M. Takahira, the Japanese plenipotentiaries, and M. Witte and Baron Von Rosen, the Russian plenipotentiaries have exchanged…

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The War. Japanese Advancing. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 6

Latest advices from the Far East state that the Japanese are reconnoitring between Hailung Cheng and Kirin…

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War Correspondent's Stories

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 11

To gain any general view of the struggle now going on in Manchuria we must follow the steps of half a dozen different war correspondents…

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Anecdotes About Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 16

Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C., tells this story: —An entertainment was given in his lionour at his Norfolk home on his return from Egypt. Among the crowd assembled on…

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Germany's African War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 August 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The German troops operating against the Hereros in German South-west Africa have once more suffered disaster at the…

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British War Stores

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The British War Office bus issued new and drastic regulations regarding the sale of obsolete and surplus stores…

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A Sydney Letter. the Panther and the Ram!—why Should Foreign Warships Moor with British Ones?—canada Sends an Object Lesson to Australia.—a Windfall to the Treasury.—absurdities in the Parcels Post.—marconi Alters the Appearance of Our War Vessels. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1905 · page 7

What would have happened had the Challenger gone to the bottom? According to all reports it was just a chance that she didn't. Here have we been…

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How Soldiers Are Fed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 10

There is an interesting article entitled "How Soldiers are Fed" in the "Windsor Magazine." The writer points out that Napoleon's aphorism. "An army marches…

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Returned Soldiers' Pay. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 September 1905 · page 4

The State Premier, Mr. Carruthers, has received the text of the judgment given by the Privy Council, in the appeal of James Leslie Williams, in the matter of…

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War Effects on Russia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1905 · page 6

Some little time ago a lecture on the above subject was delivered before one of the technical societies of Russia, and some of the points raised are possessed of…

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Secret Leaf From Boer War History

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1905 · page 5

After guarding the secret for four years Commandant Hindon, one of the most conspicuous of the Boer officers in the famous war, has revealed the nature of his…

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England's Next War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1905 · page 11

A point which many English people have shown a tendency to forget (writes the London correspondent of the Melbourne "Age") in their later…

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Maxims of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1905 · page 14

The following extracts were taken mom a book by Mr. Maurice Brett, entitled "Maxiras of War," published by Hngh Rees, Limited. Here will be found a…

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Food Supplies in War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 September 1905 · page 7

There are Royal Commissions which confuse, rather than enlighten the public. We (writes the London correspondent of the Melbourne "Age") have a notable example…

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A Record War Indemnity

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 16

The war indemnity which stands out in history as the largest ever exacted from a vanquished nation is that imposed by Germany upon France to in 1871—and duty…

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The Japanese Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 October 1905 · page 13

The Japanese soldier is excellent material in the opinion of everybody who has seen him engage in warfare; he is supple, remarkably active, and apt in…

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Russian Prisoners of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 October 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The Russian prisoners in Japan are returning to Russia, via Vladivostock and the Siberian railway…

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The Way to Avert War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1905 · page 6

Earl Roberts visited Llaneily recently, and unveiled a memorial erected to the local men who fell in the South African war. Speaking at a subsequent luncheon he…

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Germany's African War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Advices from German South-West Africa state that a German patrol, numbering 30, defeated a Hottentot band under the…

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