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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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The War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 5

NEWS of the war between Russia and Japan received up to Thursday afternoon was published in our NEWS SHEET issued at 8 o'clock that day. The following…

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Latest War News

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 5

Lieut.-General Ian Hamilton has been attached to the Japanese army. The Jews at Atlanta and Georgia (America) have initiated a fund to provide Japan with a…

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The War of Wars

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 8

THIS twentieth century must grow somewhat older before it is possible to appreciate in their true proportion the events of the nineteenth century. Nevertheless, one fact at least is now…

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The War in the East

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 4

AT St. Petersburg an imperial manifesto has been issued. It formally declares war. An official Tokio telegram states that four batallions of Japanese infantry landed near…

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Map of the Seat of War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 4

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WAR! Russia and Japan. London

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 2

All negotiations have been terminated. The Minister has withdrawn from St. Petersburg…

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The Russo-Japanese Campaign. Map of the Seat of War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 4

FOR the benefit of our readers, and to enable them to geographically follow the course of events in the just-commenced war between Russia and Japan, we have been at the expense…

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The War

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 2

There has been no fresh engagement since the attack on Port Arthur, the cable messages daring the past few days being confined to details of that fight, in which the…

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Latest War News. London

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 2

The commander of the Japanese fleet which attacked Fort Arthur says that after forty minutes' fighting the Russians became greatly demoralised and stopped fighting…

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The War. Japanese Attack Port Arthur

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 2

London, Wednesday. — A strong Japanese torpedo division with cruisers, escorting transports, reached Chemulpho on Sunday, and directed the Russian cruiser…

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Funds in Aid of the Wounded

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 3

Many British are subscribing to a fund instituted in London by the wife of the Japanese Minister in aid of the widows and families of the Japanese soldiers and sailors…

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The War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 4

Since last issue the following news has been issued as EXTRAORDINARIES:— On Saturday at 2.15 p.m.:— The Russian cargo steamer Sungari…

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Latest War News

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 3

Telegraphic and railway communication between Port Arthur and Vladivostock is interrupted. The "Times" correspondent at Tokio says it…

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The War in the East

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 2

THE Russian Ambassador in London now declares that the rumour that Russia has appealed to Great Britain to use her influence in Turkey to have the Dardanelles opened up…

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The War. Japanese Occupy Chinghai

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 3

The Japanese have occupied Chinghai Wen, a Russian coaling station near Masampho, Korea. A JAPANESE ARMY…

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A War Map. a Daily Telegraphic Service

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 2

REMEMBERING the intense interest with which the public traced the progress of the Boer war on the large coloured map at that time displayed in the windows of…

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The War

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 4

No news of any fresh big engagement is yet to hand, and the rival powers are evidently sparing for time to mobilise their forces. It is expected that news of a big fight on land…

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Stuart Town Letter. (To John Haynes, Esq , Wellington's unfortunate soldier of fortune, on furlough

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 6

My dear Sir Brother! Last Saturday night, as advertised, there appeared from Wellington four gentlemen who were determined to form a branch of the P.L.L…

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The War. Russia and Japan. London

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 2

Japanese torpedo boats attacked Port Arthur on Sunday, damaging one ship. Vice-Admiral Alexiff alleges that a…

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"He said he war to be Queen of the May."

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 4

A certain gallant captain in a regiment that must he nameless, returned recently to the barracks, rather the worse for a dinner party, and…

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