Commissioning a Man-of-war
The period of a warship's commission on a foreign station is usually three years, and when any ship in His Majesty's Navy is nearing the completion of her service…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1905
237 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 12
The War. Operations on the Sha[?]ho. London
The Japanese in Manchuria are showing activity on the Russian right flank. It is officially stated in Tokio that the Russians are continuing their usual…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russian Barbarity. Flogging Wounded Women. London
The situation in St. Petersburg is again threatening. There are 25,000 workers on strike, and they are reported to be in a sullen,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Japanese Strength. London
The "Russki Invalid," the organ of the Ministry for War, estimates that Field-Marshal Oyama, the Japanese Commander, has now at his command…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Soldiers' Baths
Sir,—I would like to draw the attention of those persons who have of late been making use of the Soldiers' Baths as a "fish pond," to the danger of this practice…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. Coal Difficulty. London
The Japanese captured an eminence south of Chenchiedpac on Thursday, expelling two companies of Russian infantry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Japanese Operations. London
Russian reports state that the Japanese are stubbornly continuing their sapping works on the lines north of the Sha-ho…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pen-notes and Pencillings. a Japanese Officer Gives Interesting Particulars of the War
By far the best account of the battle of Line Yang comes from the pen of Lieutenant Nakamura, a Japanese officer, and though so belated is full of interest. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Admiral Togo Sails. London
Admiral Togo has sailed from Kure, in Japan, and it is presumed is going south. A member of the Japanese Naval…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Flanking Operation. London
A body of 9000 cavalry, with artillery, are trying to cross the Hun River at Taiha. The object of this movement is to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Russians Repulsed. London
General Gripenberg has reported to St. Petersburg that 500 Russian cavalry advanced towards Hantaitzu, while another force had reached Ravehangtzu…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Russian Advance Checked
LONDON, Saturday.—Latest war despatches to hand report that the Japanese are again threatening the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Russian Reverses. London
General Kuropatkin reports that Japanese and Chunchuses attacked the railway bridge 15 miles north of Gunshulin, and were repulsed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Sha-ho Movements. London
Some change in the disposition of the Russian troops fronting the Japanese on the Sha-ho occurred on Sunday. General Kuropatkin has constructed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Railway Rates. Inter-state War Ends. Sydney
The close of a long inter-State war of rates is signalised by the publication in the "Gazette" of two railway bylaws providing new rates for the conveyance of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Wallsend. a Returned Soldier
Captain A. T. Johnson, formerly of Wallsend, and who has just recently returned from an active participation in the Russo-Japanese War, delivered an account…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. Fighting on the Sha-ho. London
The Japanese, on the 20th instant, advancing through the mountains, captured the Tzinzelite Pass, after several hours' fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Fighting on the Sha-ho. London
The Japanese are gradually closing in on General Kuropatkin's left flank, where, according to General Sakharoff, they have renewed the attack on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Japanese Successes. Fears for Kuropatkin. London
Lieutenant-General Sakharoff, the Russian Chief of the Staff, reports that the Japanese during the fighting on Thursday captured Beresneff Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Tug of War. Sydney
An action was commenced in the District Court to-day, before Judge Rogers, in which Thomas Farrow and others sued the Summer Nights' Amusements,…
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