New War Invention. Deadly Shells As Torches
A new and important function has been added to the already deadly shell-visibility of its flight at night. By means of a torch attached to the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1904
301 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 16
War News
LONDON THURSDAY.—Advices from Ying-kow state that 500 Chun chutes, armed with Mannlicher rifles, attacked a Russian post near New-chwang, and were repulsed with…
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The disappearance of the Japanese feet under Admiral Togo is causing much uneasiness in Russian naval and military circles…
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JAPAN landed 2500 troops, without artillery, at Song-chin, in Northern Korea, on February 19. They are advancing into Manchuria…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Flat Miner. Tuesday, March 8, 1904. The War
At first sight there would appear to be analogy between the present position of Russia in the East and the situation of Great Britain during the early stages of the Boer war…
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Sir Ian Hamilton, Quartermaster General of the British Army, has served with distinction in seven wars, incuding the late campaign in South Africa, where he made…
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Expecting the Japanese fleet as soon as the river opeue, the Russo-Chinese Bank at Newchang, Manchuris, is being removed to Mukden. Women and children are alto fleeing. The Russian troops are…
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There is a wholesale exodus families from Vladivostok . The Russians are strongly entrenched on the hills near Antung. Their position is…
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LONDON, Monday—Vladivostock was bombarded by the Japanese on Sunday afternoon Five Japanese men of war made the attack, which was continued for an hour…
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THE correspondent of the New York Herald reports that Port Arthur was bombarded by the Japanese at intervals on Monday, Tuesday, and…
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"That was a mistake after all." "What was?" "The idea that baseball national game."…
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There are persistant reports in Tokio that the Vladivostock squadron of Russian cruisers has engaged the Japanese fleet of five battleships, two armoured cruisers, and four torpedo boat destroyers…
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AN unconfirmed report is to hand to the effect that the Russians have practically abandoned Port Arthur and destroyed their ship's with…
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THE Japanese army is invading Manchuria by the same route, and adopting practically the same tactics as in the China-Japanese war…
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A odd story of how a cat and a dog provided food for a solitary trapper who bad been injured by one of his own traps was brought to Montreal quite recently by the…
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The Japanese army, which ia invading Manchuria, landed near Taku-shan, 60 miles west of Antung. The army is following the name route and making use of the name tactics as it did in the…
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LONDON, Monday: —Admiral Togo, reporting on the latest engagement at Port Arthur, states that the Japanese flotilla of torpedoboat destroyers sank special mechanical mines…
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The Japanese military authorities have withdrawn the permits assued to war correspondents to proceed to the front. They have been ordered to return to…
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The correspondent of the “Daily Mail” states that General Karopatkin, the newly appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Russian forces, has telegraphed to the officer…
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A RUSSIAN telegram despatched from Port Arthur at 7 p.m. on Sunday denied the report that the place had been abandoned…
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