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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

237 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 12

The War. Japanese Reinforcements. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1905 · page 5

General Linievitch, the Russian Commander-in-Chief in Manchuria, reports that Japanese troops are approaching Kongchen and…

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Returned Soldiers' Pay. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1905 · page 5

Further evidence was taken to-day by Judge. Murray, sitting as a Royal Commission appointed to inuqire into the claims of certain returned soldiers, for…

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The War. Russians Falling Back. the Japanese Trap. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 5

General Mischenko retreated after heavy losses. The Japanese have occupied Liutiacku, 16 miles north of…

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The Manchurian War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The Russians at Guntzuling report that the opposing armies are now essentially equal, and anticipate an early battle…

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The War. Russian Defeats. They Suffer Great Losses London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 June 1905 · page 5

Field-Marshal Oyama, the Japanese Commander-in-Chief, reports that, in the vic[?]ity of Yangchang, on the 21st inst, a force…

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The Manchurian War. Russians Retreating. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1905 · page 5

Field-Marshal Oyama reports that the Japanese, on the 22nd instant, attacked a Russian force holding the highlands eastwards of Yingehing…

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German War Talk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Prussian Junkers proclaim that even if the German colonies and foreign trade were lost in the event of war with Great…

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The War. Russians Retiring. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1905 · page 5

The Japanese are continuing their attack upon a large force of Russians at Harlungeheng, about 80 miles to the south-west of Kirin, whom they are…

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The War. New Russian Formation. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 5

Japanese cavalry on Monday occupied Ku-syong, 1[?] riles north of 'Kyong-syong, and also repulsed a Russian attack at Chasg-ch[?]i-ties, on the…

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The War. Peace Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 July 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—M. Nelidoff, the Russian Ambassador at Paris, who was chosen to represent Russia in the forthcoming peace negotiation at…

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The War. Peace Conference. Plenipotentiaries Named. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 5

Arrangements for the Conference for peace between Russia and Japan; which it is understood is to meet in Washington early in August, are now…

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The War. Manchurian Fighting. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1905 · page 5

General Linievitch, the Russian Commander-in-Chief in Manchuria, claims to have destroyed a Japanese battalion on Saturday, after storming…

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The War. Views of the Mikado. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 5

The Mikado of Japan, in on address to Baron Komura and Mr. Takohira, the Japanese peace plentipotentiaries states that if Russia desires an end to…

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Returned Soldiers' Pay. Sir William Lyne's Evidence. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1905 · page 5

Further evidence was taken to-day by Judge Murray, sitting as a Royal Commission, regarding the claim for additional pay made by members of the New South…

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The War. Doubts As to Peace. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 July 1905 · page 5

Baron Komura, the Minister for Foreign Affairs ,who is one of the Japanese plenipotentiaries to the Peace Conference, had a brilliant…

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Returned Soldiers' Pay. Sir John See's Evidence. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 July 1905 · page 6

Judge Murray, sitting as a Royal Commission, took further evidence to-day regarding the claims of soldiers who served in South Africa In connection with…

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The Far Eastern War. Japanese Successes. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 July 1905 · page 5

China informally intimates that she will not recognise Russian and Japanese agreements respecting territorial and sovereign rights in Manchuria…

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The War. Intrigues in Russia. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 July 1905 · page 5

M. Witte, the newly-appointed Russian plenipotentiary to the Peace Conference, has been granted an audience by the Czar…

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Soldiers' Pay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 July 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—In the New South Wales case, Howarth v. Williams, in which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council recently allowed…

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The War. Russians Entrenching. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 5

General Linievitch, the Russian Commander-in-Chief in Manchuria, has abandoned offensive operations, and is now constructing strong defensive…

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