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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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The War. London

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 5

General Trepoff will be shortly erdered to Manchuria. Tho Tokio correspondent of the 'Daily Telegraph' states that the Russian…

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The War. Japanese Victories

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 5

In tbe recent fighting on the Hunho, the Japanese captured 1,500 prisoners and much spoil. In one Japanese division there were…

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The War in the East

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 5

Two Japanese divisions have attacked four Russian divisions at Po-kow-tai, driving them across the Hun-ho, and taking 600 prisoners. The attacking force of Russians at…

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The War. the Recent Big Fight

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 2

Field Marshal Oyama reports that a Japanese picket of 29 who were surrounded at Huanghastzu surrendered after the majority had been…

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War News

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 3

General Kuroki reports that General Kuropatkin’s attempt to turn General Oku’s left was a complete failure. Particulars of the fighting in Manchuria…

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The War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 3

The Japanese claim to have repulsed the Russians towards Changtau. Tbe Russian casualties were 700, including 300 killed…

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Fleeing From War How Russian Press-gangs Work. Refugees at the Docks

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 3

The Jews' Temporary Shelter in White-chapel is at present kept very busy providing for the Russian refugees escaping from their native land to avoid being…

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The War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 5

The Japanese in Manchuria are show, ing activity on the Russian right flank. It is reported that the Japanese have destroyed a portion of the railway between Monkden…

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Latest War News. Against the War. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 5

The majority of the newspaper of the south of Russia are insistent upon the cessation of the war…

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Australian Horses in the War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 5

Russian cavalry officers state it is impossible to overtake the fast Australian horses used by the Japanese…

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New Japanese War Device. An Improvement on a Sydney Invention

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 6

THE Japanese are now using a movable forc, presumably a sort of round - tower on wheels, in which sharpshooters are sheltered, and from which they can pour a harassing fire on…

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War News

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 2

It is estimated that 100,000 combatants ants were enraged in the recent tighting at Heikautai. The Russians admit that their…

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Latest War News. Japan's War Account. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 1

Japan's war expenditure during 1904 totalled £30,000,000 sterling…

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The War in the East

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 2

The third Baltic fleet is exercising and preparing to start to join Admiral Rozhhestvansky off Madagascar. German colliers refuse to follow the Baltic…

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The War

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 5

Russian reports state that the Japanese stubbornly continue sapping operations, smoky fires masking their works. Russian scouts have…

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The War

The Castlereagh · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 3

The Third Baltic fleet is exercising and preparing to start to join Admiral Roshdestvnsky off Madagascar. The total of the Japanese wounded…

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Latest War News

The Castlereagh · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 4

Despatches from General Kuropatkin report that the Japanese stubbornly continue their sapping operations and are employing smoky fires to mask…

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The War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 9

The Japanese have captured two British steamers carrying coal and provisions to Vladivostock. General Stoessel. interviewed at Port…

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The War. Japanese Repulse

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 6

General Sakharoff reports three companies of Japanese attacked Russian Chasseurs at Manshinga. After a desperate fight the Japanese were repulsed,…

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The War. London

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 2

General S[?] denies the accusations made by the "Times" that the officers at Port Arthur were drunken and useless. When he surrendered there…

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