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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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The War. London

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1904 · page 5

GENERAL STOESSEL, the commandant at Port Arthur in a message to the Czar, states—"All the attacks made by the Japanese on July 26, 27, and 28 on the…

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Moral Uses of War

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1904 · page 3

"A WAR in a wicked war when if is needlessly waged, or when it is willed for greed; but even in these cases it may have its benefits for a nation."…

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Tolstoy and the War

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1904 · page 8

On Monday (writes a London correspondent on July 1st) "The Times." refrained from describing its own virtues to the extent with which we have grown…

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The War in the East London

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1904 · page 7

DETAILS of the Chobaidai incident show that the Japanese seized an overhanging cliff and caught three Russian regiments, who were ascending, a thousand being…

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The Price of Peace "The War of the Broken Promise."

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1904 · page 8

I FIRMLY believe (writes Mr. George Lynch, the war correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" at Tokio) that the Japanese will drive the Russians back to…

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War Office Methods

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1904 · page 4

A TYPICAL instance of the War Office methods is furnished by a correspondent on one of our Mediterranean stations. An officer having occasion…

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The War. London

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1904 · page 3

"THE commander of the Russian destroyer Rechitelni, which has arrived at Chifu and reported the escape of the Russian fleet from Port Arthur states…

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Russian-Japanese War Great Naval Battle Russia Defeated. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 August 1904 · page 5

A report received from Admiral Togo states that the combined Japanese fleet attacked the Russian warships while they were proceeding southward, 25 miles…

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The War. London

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 4

Rear-Admiral Matussevitch, second in command of the Port Arthur Squadron, has died of wounds in the Tsing-tan Hospital, Kiao-chan. On the 12th inst…

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The War in the East

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 2

SEVERAL of the Russian warships which escaped from Port Arthur on the 10th instant were sighted off Chefoo on Wednesday night. The hospital ship…

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The War in the East London

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 7

A protest has reached St. Petersburg from Lord Lansdowne, in emphatic and menacing language, with regard to the treatment of conditional and unconditional contraband…

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Russian-Japanese War London

Northern Star · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 5

The cruiser Ural, formerly a German steamar, and purchased after the war began, stopped the British, steamer Scotian near Gibraltar, laden with coal for Ajaccio…

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The War. London

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1904 · page 2

IT is officially stated that, in reply to the Japanese message, the commander of the garrison at Port Arthur refused either to surrender or to expel the…

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Russian-Japanese War London

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 5

A tremendous bombardment of Port Arthur, both by land and sea, took pince on Saturday. Unconfnmsd reports are current at Chifu that the Japanese have been…

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The Northern Star. Wednesday. Morning., August 24Th, 1994. Some of the Effects of the War on Commerce

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 4

The old proverb that " Circumstances alter cases" is being…

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The War. London

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 5

STARTLING developments following upon the stay of the Russian cruiser Askold and the torpedo boat destroyer Grosovol at Shanghai are reported…

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The War in the East London

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 7

INDIGNATION has been again aroused in Great Britain by the searching of the British steamer Comedian by the Russian steamer Smolensk. The captain of the Comedian has lodged a…

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The Russian Soldier

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 6

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…

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General War News. London

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1904 · page 2

The Japanese armoured cruisers Nisshin and Kasuga have bombarded and silenced the Russian forts east or Golden Hill. The Russian battleship Sevastopol…

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The War. Russia's Alabamas. London

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1904 · page 2

THE City is indignant at the action of the supposed Smolensk, of the Russian Volunteer Fleet, in searching the British steamer Comedian, off Durban. Many…

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