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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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Latest War News. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 1

The speed of Rear Admiral N[?] Supplementary Baltic Squadron, which was reported to have passed Singapore on Friday last, is said to he seven knots per hour. The ships…

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The War. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 5

Admiral Rozhdestvensky, in his last telegram to the Russian Government, complains that he is driven from pillar to post, and is burning much coal…

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Latest War News. London

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 16 May 1905 · page 2

The Washington correspondent of “The Times” states Japan has decided on two points regarding peace first, that no pourparlers will be entered into until…

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The War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1905 · page 3

A steamer has arrived at Saigon and reported pasting the main Russian squadron Sonth of Hanian on Friday, steaming northward…

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The War. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1905 · page 4

General Linievitch reports that the Japanese are making determined efforts to roll up the Russian left at Chinnvotsi. The Customs authorities at San…

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War News. London

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 May 1905 · page 5

The Baltic fleet left Honkoho Bay on Sunday. The fourth Baltic squadron has been ordered to be in readiness to leave…

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The War

The Castlereagh · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 4

It is believed that an engagement will shortly take place between the Russian and Japanese fleets to the southward of Formers…

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What a Year of War has Cost

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 7

The first shot in the great war in the East was fired on February 7, 1904, and all sorts of authorities have been going through painful arithmetical…

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Lessons of the War. Importance of the Bayonet

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 5

Mr Taft, Secretary for War, in the United States, having referred to the General Staff the question of the style of bayonet which should be used in…

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Latest War News

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 3

150 junks laden with supplies for the Baltic Fleet, have been sighted off Cape St. John…

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The War. Loudon

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 6

Two divisions of the Baltic Fleet have joined. Russia views the embarrassment of her ally, France, with calm…

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The War. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 5

The Japanese fleet is cruising below Formose, receiving orders nightly from Amoy. It is believed that an engagement between the Russian and Japanese fleets is…

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The War. London

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 May 1905 · page 2

The Russian line in Manchuria is 42 miles in leng[?] occupying good defensive position, strongly entrenched. The Japanese are advancing in three…

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Latest War News. London

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 23 May 1905 · page 2

Admiral Rozhjestvenski has ordered the colliers to await the arrival of the diet somewhere on the coast of Lubon other reports state the Ba[?] fleet is off the…

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The War. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1905 · page 3

A Russian report states that Admiral Rozhdestvensky ordered his followers to await the arrival of his fleet somewhere on the coast of Luzon,in the Philippines. Other…

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The War. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1905 · page 4

Reports from Tokio state that three Russian columns advanced to the south, in the vicinity at the railway, on Thursday. Simultaneously 500 Russians…

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What A Year Of War Has Cost

The Castlereagh · Friday 26 May 1905 · page 2

The first shot in the great war in the East was fired on February 7th, 1904, and all sorts of authorities have been going through painful arithmetical…

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Libelling a Colonel. Echo of the South African War

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 26 May 1905 · page 5

Colonel Hill Godirey Morgan. D.S.O., who served under Lord Kitchener in the Nile compaign, and who subsequently became Director of…

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Latest War Hews

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 7

All the foreign Commercial Agents at V[?]vostock have been ordered by the Russia authorities to leave. Russia has informed China that the…

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Latest War News

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 4

It is reported that Admiral Rozbjestvenski is dead and that his body wan committed to the deep off Hong-koho Bay, and that Admiral Nobogate[?] has assumed command. It was…

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