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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

301 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 16

War News

The Age · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday.—Renter's Tokiio correspondent states that a Japanese torpedo flotilla made an attack on Port Arthur on the 14th inst., and one of the Russian ships was…

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Russo-Japan War

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 2

'A CABLE has been received by the Japanese Consul which reports great cruelty to the Japanese by the Russians at Port Arthur. The former…

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Latest War News

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 2

AN engagement is reported at Yalu, the Russians being repulsed and losing 2500 men. The report is unconfirmed…

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The War of Wars

The Age · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 4

THIS twentieth century must grow somewhat older before it is possible to appreciate in their true proportion the events of the nineteenth century. Nevertheless, one fact at least is now…

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War News London. February 19

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

The following official communique has been issued by the Russian Government:-"The distance of the Russian territory which has been treacherously attacked by Japan, and the Czar's desire to…

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War News

The Age · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.—The British steamer Ching Ping has arrived at Wei-hai-wei in a badly—damaged condition. The captain, immediately on arrival,…

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Russo-Japan War

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 2

THE authorities at Vladivostock have detained the British steamer Rosalie. Viceroy Alexeieff and his staff are established at Harbin, where the…

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Latest Cables the War London

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

Six hundred [?] [?] The P. and O. steamer Mongolia which was chased by a Russian squadron in the…

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To-day's War News. Sydney. Friday, 8.45 a.m

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 2

RUSSIAN accounts report that in the attack upon Port Arthur on Tuesday night the Japanese lost four battleships and two torpedo boats were…

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War News. London, February 23

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

The war corresp[?]ndent of the Times, after visiting Chemulpho, on the west coast of Korea, the port of the capital, Seoul, states that Japan is landing an army corps at that pert, and is establishing…

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The War of Wars

The Age · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 4

THIS twentieth century must grow somewhat older before it is possible to appreciate in their true proportion the events of the nineteenth century. Nevertheless, one fact at least is now…

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Russo-Japan War. London, February 26

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 3

GENERAL PELUNG, Chief of the staff to Vice-Admiral Alexeieff, reports the repulse of another Japanese attack on Port Arthur early on Thursday. The…

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Executed on a Russian Man-of-War

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 4

Some years since it was currently stated that some sailors were hung on a Russian man-of-war in Sydney Harbor, but no authentic information could be obtained…

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Latest Cables. Progress of the War. London

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 3

The New York “Herald” publishes a statement that the Japanese in Thursday’s attack on Port Arthur silenced fire of the guns in the forts. The town, according to…

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War News. London, February 26

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 2

The Russian official accounts stated that on Thursday, 24th lost., the Japanese squadron made a renewed attack on Port Arthur in their attempt to block the harbor. Tom attack lasted three…

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War News

The Age · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

LONDON Monday:—The Tokio correspondent of "The Times " states that 100 Japanese women, who have reached Nagasaki from Port Arthur, declare that the Russian…

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Latest Cables. the War. London

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

Reuter’s correspondent at Ti[?] states that there are 25,000 Russians on the Yalu, and that ten regiments of mounted infantry hold the mountain passes [?] miles south of…

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Latest Wires. London, Wednesday. the War

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

Owing to frost bite, a thousand Russian troops in the neighbourhood of Lake Baikal have been rendered unfit for service…

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Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Flat Miner. Friday, March 4, 1904. The War and Horse Breeding

The Age · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

EITHER if Japan and Russia fight out the issue alone, or if others powers become embroiled in the struggle, the termination of the war will largely depend on the respective…

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War News. London, March 1

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 2

A telegram from Kin-chau, to the north of Port Arthur, dated Monday, states:-"Fifteen Japanese warships appeared off Port Arthur at 10 o'clock this morning and opened a furious bombard…

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