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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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London, Thursday the War

The Castlereagh · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 3

A greet bottle to i[?]ponding between Lin[?]titsh and Ke[?]…

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War's Madmen. Lunatics From Pout Arthur

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 7

Forty-four lunatic sailors and soldiers, the remnant of the Port Arthur garrison, arrived at Chifu on May 23rd, and were transferred to a…

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War News, &C. London

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 August 1905 · page 2

Marshal Oyama awaits a signal of the rupture of the peace negotiations to launch an attack on the Russians. The Paris "Temps" says that…

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A Soldier's Wife. Japanese Corporal's Letter

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1905 · page 5

The following extract from a letter written to his wife by a Japanese soldier will give a good idea of the Spartan sentiments that animate…

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The Russo-jap War

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 August 1905 · page 4

Two Russian attacks on the Japanese at Szumiaotu were repulsed. The Japanese have refloated a Russian destroyer sunk at Port Arthur…

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The War. Peace Negotiations. a Deadlock Reached

The Castlereagh · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 2

M. Witte states, in references to the peace negotiations, that perhaps between new and Tuesday some foreign power may use its influence…

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Modern Inventions Used in War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 7

Could Wellington revisit the earth and see the marvellous change which has taken place in the mathods of warfare since the day when a round ball and a smooth-bore…

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Railway Disaster. Thirty-two Soldiers Killed. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 4

A Report from Irkut[?]k. Siberia, states that the breaking of the couplings wrecked a military train Thirty-two soldiers were killed and 48 injured…

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Germany's Little War. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1905 · page 2

A German force surprised 1,000 rebels at Kipo, East Africa. The Rebels left 73 dead on tbe field. Many were drowned in the river…

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Russo-japanese War Ended. Peace Terms Arranged. Russia Gives Nothing. London

The Wellington Times · Thursday 31 August 1905 · page 5

It is officially reported from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, that the plenipotentiaries to the Peace Conference have arrived at a complete…

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Soldiers' Handkerchiefs

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 7

The cotton handkerchiefs provided for French soldiers have printed upon them a Dumber of sanitary precepts to be observed on the march and daring a campaign, and…

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War Against Bunny

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1905 · page 3

Rabbits are very plentiful notwithstanding unrelenting warfare waged against them by all and sundry (writes our Belarbig[?] correspondent.) While the…

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Side-lights on the Russo-jap War

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 16 September 1905 · page 7

Those desiring an inside view of the Russe Jap war from the Russian standpoint will b interested in a little book which has been sent to us by the author. We have found it…

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Trophies of the War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 20 September 1905 · page 2

Those Boer rifles have arrived. The Municipal Council tried to get out of being bothered with them, and suggested that the trophies of the Boer war and the…

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Japan's War Losses

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 4

Japan's losses during the war were 46,180 killed. 10,970 died from the effects of wounds and 12,300 died from sickness…

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Heat in Europe. Soldiers Prostrated

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 7

The Berlin correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" writes on 9th July.— While the Austrian Landwehr Regiment was taking part in a sham fight…

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War Talk in Germany

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 14 October 1905 · page 7

The throats of a simultaneous war with France and England, which are so openly made in the press of the latter country, need cause, no alarm in…

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Germany's Little War. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1905 · page 2

The Germane claim that they have completely [?] the Hereros in South West Africa. By means of an extensive sweeping operation 250 natives were killed and…

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Aftermath of the War. London, Monday Night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1905 · page 2

The treaty of peace between Russia and Japan having been ratified, Russian troops are about to occupy the northern part of Saghalies…

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War Vessels Refloated

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 October 1905 · page 4

The Russian battleship Gobeida and the gun vessel Galdamak have been refloated by the Japanese…

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