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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

301 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 12 of 16

Latest Cables. the War. London

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1904 · page 2

It is [?] from Chi[?] that the Russian forces in Port Arthur are [?] unequal to their task that boys are compelled to take their place in the bring line…

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War News. London, Aug. 26

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 31 August 1904 · page 2

The Japanese besieging Port Arthur are subjecting the town to a raking shell fire, and are preparing to throw the infantry forward for the final assault. All the defences about the harbour are…

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Secrecy in War

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 4

In view of the rigid censorship-exerc[?]ed by the Japanese in the war, it is interesting to recall the opinion on the subject expressed by Archibald Forbes, himself a famous war…

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Latest Wires. London, Wednesday. the War

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

Particulars are being received of a terrible engagement which has taken place in the neighborhood of [?] The Russian General Sakabaoff reports…

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Love’s Triumph. (All Rights Reserved.) a Story of Love And. . . WAR. . . PART 5

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 1

Annie was no lover of gossip, and knowing that the widow was terribly excited, she made no reply except to pass her a letter hearing the…

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War News. London, Aug. 0

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 2

Heavy fighting has been resumed at Port Arthur The Japanese are employing at Port Arthur a thousand Chinese, who are filling the moats with sandbags, digging trenches, and constructing…

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Progress of the War

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 2

A CABLE dated London, Friday, says:-- A great, conflagration is raging at Liao-yang, which is reported to have been occupied by the Japanese. It is…

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Latest Cables. the War. London

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 2

Advices from St. Petersburg state that General [?] is drawing the Japanese north ward, and intends to crush them between his army and that…

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War News. London. Sept. 2

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 7 September 1904 · page 2

The desperate battles fought around Liao-yang on Tuesday and Wednesday were continued on Thursday, the losses being admittedly very great on both sides. The railway service between…

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Love’s Triumph. (All Rights Reserved.) a Story of Love and War Part 6

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 1

[?] plump through the upper story! Won’t the old woman row it, through?” was Bill’s characteristic comment, as the whizzing and the death [?] met…

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War News. London, Sept. 6

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 September 1904 · page 2

General Kuropatkin, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian forces in Manchuria, with his army, and General Kuroki, the Commander of the Japanese First Army, now in the neighborhood of Yentai,…

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Latest Cables. Biggest Battle of the War. London

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1904 · page 2

The London “Times” publishes a very dramatic account of certain recent engagements, sent by its correspondent with General Oku’s forces…

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War News. London, Sept. 10

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 14 September 1904 · page 2

The correspondent of the Times with General Kuroki gives a dramatic account of the assaults made by the Japanese on August 30 and 31 on the Russians on the heights south of Liao-yang. There…

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Spies of War

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 16 September 1904 · page 4

A spy is a person sent into an enemy’s camp to inspect his works ascertain his strength, and report on his movements. By the laws of war among…

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Latest Cables. the War. London

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 16 September 1904 · page 2

The correspondent of the “Daily Mail” at Tientsin states that General Linievitch, with 50,000 men, from North-eastern Korea, has cut General Kuroki’s…

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Love’s Triumph. (All Rights Reserved) a Story of Love and ... War... Part 7

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 16 September 1904 · page 1

The young man made one more desperate struggle to free himself, but. the twine only cut into his flesh making the matter worse so he finally. submitted…

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War News. London. Sept. 13

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 17 September 1904 · page 2

General Sakoaroff reports that there are a few Japanese north of the branch railway from Yentai (15 miles north of Liso-yang) to the mines, and that there are vast camps of Japanese to the…

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War Office Muddle

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1904 · page 2

The third report of the Committee of public Accounts, issued by order of the House of Commons is unpleasant reading “Emphatic disapproval,” is expressed…

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Latest Cables. the War London

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1904 · page 2

At the instance of Russia a Japanese gentleman was arrested at Skagen Denmark on a charge of espionage The Russians suspected that his…

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War News. London, Sept. 16

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 21 September 1904 · page 2

General Kuropatkin reports that a strong Japanese guard of infantry and cavalry has advanced five kilometres (a little over three miles) further north of Yentai station…

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