Latest Cables. the War. London
Fierce fighting, lasting 25 minutes, preceded the abandonment of Antung by the Russians. General Kuropatkin, in a despatch to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1904
301 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 16
Japan's War Tools
It is evident that the Japanese are making use of every modern contrivance in existence to obtain perfect efficiency in their navy aud army…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War News. London, May 3
General Kuroki, Commander-in-chief of the Japanese troops, reports that the Russians made two stands on Sunday in full strength, including all the third division, two regiments of the sixth division,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Russian Soldier
The courage of the man behind the Russian guns has been amply proved time and again. No nation can point to heroic deeds of its fighting men which cannot be paralleled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. London
THE Daily Telegraph correspondent says that the Japanese during a dense fog on Tuesday afternoon sank nine merchantmen, absolutely sealing up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cables the War. London, Friday[?]
General Knroki, the Japanese General commanding on the Yalo, reports that during the Russian retreat a mistake was made which cost many lives A force of 2000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London
Unofficial St. Petersburg telegrams statement the Russians have abandoned Feng-huan-cheng, [?] which they retired when they were d[?]en from the Yalu, and are retreating towards Liae[?]yang on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Romance of the War
A letter received at Moscow from a Captains Strelitaky, now serving in Port Arthur, gives details of a romantic occurrence which toor place there last month…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War LONDON
THE evacuation of Niuchwang by the Russians continues. All the heavy guns which were recently mounted have been sent to Liao-yang. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cables. the War London
General Kropotkin admits that the Russian losses during the fighting on the Yalu were 70 officers and 3324 men. Several companies continued to fight after dosing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, May 10
The evacaution of Niuchwang by the Russians continues. All the heavy guns which were recently mounted have been sent to Liao-yang. A sufficient rear-guard has been left to prevent pillaging by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. LONDON
A RUSSIAN officer at Port Arthur asserts that the place will prove, impregnable to any attack that the Japanese may make, and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cables. the War. London
A Russian officer at Port Arthur asserts that the place is impregnable, and that the defenders would welcome a siege. According to this officer’s statements to an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News. London, May 13
Reater's correspondent at Tokio reports that the Japanese torpedo boat No. 48 was destroyed on Thursday in Kerr Bay, north of Ta-lien-wan. The torpedo boat was removing mines, and an explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War
JAPANESE, to the number of 20,000 are masking Port Arthur, while the rest of General Oku's force, 50,000 men, are co-operating in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cables. the War. London
The Russians have completely evacuated Newchwang. Advices from St. Petersburg received at Paris state that General Kuropatkin is expected to retire to Harbin with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News. London, May 17
Niu-chwang has been completely evacuated by the Russians. There are still many mines in Kerr Bay, north of Ta-lien-wan. The destruction of the mines is being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News
On the afternoon of the 15th ins[?]ant, during a dense fog, the battleship Kasuga rammed the cruiser Yoshino, off Port Arthur, sinking her in a few minutes. Only 90 of those on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War
The Japanese consulate at Sydney states that General Karoki reports as follows:-- Exact number of Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cables. the War. London
Later details show that among those lost by the blowing up of the Japanese battleship Hatsuse were three commanders, five second lieutenants, two surgeons, six…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →