War News. London. May 20
Several reports, one of which is attributed to the Russian Staff at St. Petersburg. announce that the Japanees have occupied Niwchang. French newspapers state hat the Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1904
301 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 8 of 16
Latest Cables. the War. London
Rains and melting snows have suspend the Japanese advance and are enabling the Russians to strengthen Liao-yang and Monkden. A telegram from Liao-yang states that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News. London, May 24
The Russians have collected 100 locomotives and 800 railway care at Liao yang in readiness to remove the stores to Harbin about 340 miles to the north of Mukden, if it should be necessary to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Story of the Soudan War
During the second Soudan war a young, untried soldier was one night put on guard. His chums thought this would be an excellent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germans and Wireless Telecraphy in War
Whether the battle be waged on land or sea, between armies or navies the wireless transmission of intelligence will loom up like a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. LONDON
REUTER'S correspondent at Tokio reports that after five days' fighting the Japanese forces on Thursday evening captured Kinchau, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, May 27
Unofficial despatches which have been received at Tokio report that the Japanese entered Kinchau, the narrow neck of land about 32 miles northeast of Port Arthur, yesterday, and attacked the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cables the War. London
Advices received from two sources state that-General Kuropatkin was compelled to move in response to the urgent feeling at St. Petersburg…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Kites
In "Pearson's Magazine" Captain Baden Powell gives a detailed and interesting account of his experiments with kites, and describes their possibilities in time of war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News. London, May 31
Before the Japanese captured Nan-shan, south of Kin-chan, on Thursday last, they made nine charges. Their loft was exposed all day to an enfilading fire from the Russian infantry, from a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cables. London, Saturday. the War
European critics generally have written much favorable comments regarding the Japanese fronal attack upon Nan-shan, when they routed the Russians. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. O'sullivan and the War
SPEAKING at Kiama on Saturday night Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan made some reference to the war between Japan and Russia. He said that it was only the beginning of greater…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News. London, June 3
Japanese reinforcements have landed north-east of Talien-wan. The Japanese transports cabled as proceeding to the Yalu junctioned with others, and all are debarking the troops at Singuisze…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Secret History of the War
Says “Reynolds’ Newspaper;—When war broke out between Japan and Russia, the Russian war party decided to force a rupture with England, if possible and by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Cables. the War. London
Unconfirmed reports received from Chefoo state that the Russian fleet made a sortie, last night, and that heavy firing was heard for several hours. Admiral Togo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News. London, June 7
General Karo[?]kin, the commander-in-Chief of the Russia forces, and his staff are between Haicheng (on the railway 20 miles east of Niu-chwang) and Ta-shih-chian. 25 miles further south, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cables. the War. London
In the fight at Saruachi, admitted by General Europatkin to have been in favor of the Japanese, it is now learned that the Russian force consisted of two battalions of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, June 10
Thera are now 1000 refugees from Port Arthur at Chefco. Various reports state that fighting is proceeding within eight miles of the fortress. Skilled Chinese are retained in the machine shops…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War in the East
FURTHER particulars regarding the defeat of the Russians at Port Adams, 25 miles north of Nanshan, show that their casualties amounted to 860…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cables. the War. London
There are [?] sentries every 50 yards round Port Arthur. The Japanese are entrenching at Shikew. Whi[?]e the Japanese transport Tao[?]…
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