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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

301 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 11 of 16

Latest Cables. the War London

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 2

In the battle near ‘ai-cheng on Sunday the Russian batteries on their left flank fived 4842 shots in four hours. The Russian [?] suffered from the heat, the…

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Love’s Triumph. (All Rights Reserved.) a Story of Love and War Part 1 CHAPTER 1

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 1

The long disputed point as to whether the South was in earnest or not was settled, and through the Northern States the [?] flew that [?]…

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War News. London. Aug. 2

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 August 1904 · page 2

General Kuroki was engaged in a general artillery attack from dawn to sunset on Sunday, on the Russian position facing the Mo-tien-ling, 47 miles east-south-east of Liao-yang. The Russians…

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The Royal Navy in Time of War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 August 1904 · page 2

Mr. Arnold White gives an entertaining account of life with the Mediterranean Fleet, in the "Pall Mall Magazine," which will, be widely…

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Latest Cables. the War. London

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1904 · page 3

One of the passengers by the Indo-China [?] Navigation Co.’s steamer Hip-[?] which was torpedoed by the Russians, after [?] Bay, in the west of the…

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War News. London, Aug. 5

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 August 1904 · page 2

One of the passengers on board the Hip-sang describes the fighting around Port Arthur on the 26th and 28th of July, chiefly from a Port Arthur newspaper. The Japanese captured Wolfe's Hill…

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Latest Cables. the War. London

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 August 1904 · page 2

Negotiations are proceeding between Lord Lansdowne, the British Foreign Minister, and China with the object of modifying the terms of the agreement…

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Love’s Triumph. (All Rights Reserved.) a Story of Love and War. Part-2

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 August 1904 · page 1

This was his idea, and ere the [?] leg arms had unclasped themselves from his neck his imagination had [?] forward to the future, and in fancy…

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War News. London. Aug. 9

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 2

A Russian bluejacket, in the dieguise of a Chinese beggar, occupied a week in traversing the Japanese lines, which lie between Port Arthur and Mukden. He brought the despatch from General Stossel, the…

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War News

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 August 1904 · page 2

A CABLE received by the Acting Japanese Consul in Sydney states that the Russian squadron was attacked by the Japanese fleet on emerging from…

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Latest Cables. the War London

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1904 · page 2

The German armoured craiser Forests Bismarck has hurriedly left Chifn for Tsingtao at the entrance to Kiaochan Bay. The British craiser The is following…

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War News. London. Aug. 12

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 August 1904 · page 2

The Russian squadron emerged from Port Arthur on Wednesday morning accompanied by the hospital ship Mongolls with woman and children aboard, the Russian believing that the constant…

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Latest Cables. the War London

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 2

A protest has reached St. Petersburg in the sense of the [?] made by Lord Lansdowne (the British Minister for Foreign Affairs) and Mr. A. J. Balfour (the Premier)…

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Love’s Triumph. (All Rights Reserved.) a Story of Love and War Part 3

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 1

Bill was afraid or Harry [?] jeers and so be, too refused, while the waiting cry rose Jouder. “Oh, Billy, do just once, and…

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War News. London, Aug. 16

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 2

Reports from Chifu state that the Russian war vessel in Port Arthur made a sortie this morning, and that the Japanese are pursuing them. A later telegram from Chifu indicates that the battle which…

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Latest Cables. the War. London

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1904 · page 2

When conveying the message from the Mikado regarding the release of non-combatants and the question of the surrender of Port Arthur, Major Yamaka met the chief…

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War News. London, Aug. 19

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 2

The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that Japan offered to allow the garrison of Port Arthur to pass out under arms and join General Kuropatkin's army, but that Major-General…

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Latest Cables. the War. London

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 2

General Kuropatkin has discovered that General Ok[?] force has been weakened by the despatch of 15 regiments to assist General Nogi at Port Arthur. It is expected…

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[?] Ove’s Triumph. (All Rights Reserved.) a Story of Love and War Part 4

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 1

[?] Mother smiled and [?]; suppose you try and accustom your to the idea of living a while with me I shall not the until my [?]…

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War News. London, Aug. 23

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 August 1904 · page 2

A naval Court ad Shanghai has inquired into the sinking of the British steamer Hip Sang (1659 tons), owned by the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, and torpedoed in Pigeon Bay, to the west of…

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