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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

162 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 9

War News. London, January 31

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

The fighting near the Hun-ho, at points about 30 miles to the southward of Mukden, was continued up to Monday, the Russians being driven to the north bank of the river, after having failed to turn…

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The War

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 2

Marshall Oyama reports that his forces firmly hold the line of the Hun-ho. The Japanese have established…

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War News. London, February 3

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 2

Field-Marshal Oyama reports that the Japanese casualties in the recent fighting in the region of the Hun-ho were 7000. Russian prisoners state that four regiments of…

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Latest Cables. London, Tuesday. the War

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 2

The Russian force. (consisting of 600 cavalry, two companies of infantry with a battery of artillery, and a third detachment), which was attacking the…

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War News. London, February 7

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 2

The Russian force (consisting of 600 cavalry, two companies of infantry, with a battery of artillery, and a third detachment), which was attacking the Japanese garrison at Chiataitzu, to the north of…

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The War

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 3

Commander Okuda, second in command of the Japanese cruiser Saleyen, has narrated an account of the loss of that yessel on November 30…

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War News. London, February 10

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 2

It is officially announced at Tokio that the Russians on the Shaho, south of Mukden, continue their usual cannonade in the centte. The Russians are still entrenching on the…

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Latest Cables. the War. London

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 2

Admiral Togo has sailed from Kure, Japan, and it is presumed is going south…

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Florence Nightingale on War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 1

Sir Edwin Arnold quotes a beautiful letter written by Miss Florence Nightingale on the Balaklava anniversary about war and the faithful warrior, describing…

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War News. London, February 14

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 2

General Kuropatkin reports that 300 Japanese cavalry attacked the bridge at Feng-tse-tong, and damaged 30 yards of the railway, which has since been repaired…

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The War

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 2

The Japanese are again threatening the railway on the Russian line of communication north of the Hun-Ho…

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War News. London, February 17

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 2

Five hundred Russian cavalry advanced to Chantai-izu, on the Japanese left, aud another force reached Rau-chang-tzu. The Japanese attacked and dislodged the…

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War News. London, February 21

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 2

According to the stories of Chinese eye-witnesses, 126 Japanese wounded, roped together like felons, were led through Mukden on the 4th instant, amid proclamations that a Russian victory had been…

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War at £1,200,000 a Day. an Estimate of What European Struggle Would Cost France

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 2

M. Roche, ex-Minister of Commerce gives statistics of the expense that France would incur in the event of a great European war…

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The War

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 2

The Russian Admiralty are anxious as to the position Admiral Rozhdestvensky will find himself in shortly. Information has readied them that…

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War News. London, February 24

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 2

The Times learns from a St. Petersburg correspondent that the Czar will leave to the Zemaki Sobor (National Assembly), which he has convened, to settle the question whether the war shall…

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Latest Cables. the War. Sydney

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 2

The following cable has been received on Wednesday from Baron Kumura by Mr. L. lwasaki, Acting Consul-General for Japan :…

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War News. London, February 28

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 2

Reuter'a correspondent reports that the Chinese at Niu-chwang state that a general engagement is in progress all along the line in Manchuria. The heaviest fighting took place on the Japanese right…

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War News. London, March 3

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 2

The Japanese left wing in Manchuria is driving back the Russian outposts, and has occupied a line from Sat-ese-mun, two miles west of the Huo-ho, to the north-west of Tokalita, on the east back of the…

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War News. London, March 10

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 2

The Russian retreat by way of the main road from Mukden to Tieling is barred, and the only road open to General Kaulbars and General Bilderling is by way of Ying-pan, 27 miles east of…

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