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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

162 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 9

World’s War Predicted. Great Combine Against England

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

Captain August Niemann, of the German army, in a book entitled “Der Weltkricg” (The World War) which he has just completed, freely…

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War News. London, March 14

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

Diplomats at Washington expect that Russia and Japan will shortly conclude a secret peace. It is expected if peace is concluded in this way the chief Powers will claim that the terms be submitted to…

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Salvage of War Stores at Tie-ling

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

Field-Marshal Oyama telegraphs to headquarters at Tokio that the stores of provisions and fodder at Tie-ling were on fire, but that one-third was saved…

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Latest Cables. Progress of the War. London

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

A fourth army corps and force of Caucasian Cossacks are arriving at Harbin to reinforce General Linevitch, the new Russian Commander-in-Chief…

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War News. London, March 17

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

General Kuropatkin, Comman-let-in-Chief of the Russian troops in Manchu[?], has been recalled to St. Petersburg. General Li[?] has succeeded to the Supreme command…

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War News. London, March 21

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

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times telegraphs that the Russian Council of War has decided to continue the campaign, and has ordered a further mobilisation of troops and reserves. This…

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Such Is War

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 4

The actions of men wounded in battle are often misunderstood. A general officer who has seen much active service cites a pathetic instance…

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Latest Cables. London, Saturday. the War

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

The Japanese approach is unsettling the civilian population of Harbin. Women and children are leaving, are many business houses there are…

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War News. London, March 24

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 March 1905 · page 2

Reuter's Agency learos that a steamer from Colombo reports at Port Louis, Mauritius, that she met on the night of March 16 Russian torpedo boats, followed at a distance by a fleet of warships…

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Latest Cables. the War. London

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 3

Lie[?]-General Soukh[?] Commondant, of the Kieff Military Consripth [?] (Kieff, Viatka, Perm, Oufa Orenbung Pensa, Samara, Sembirsk,…

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War News. London, Marche 28

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 2

Private telegrams from the front received at St. Petersburg state that Russian scouts in Manchuria have ridden a considerable distance south and south-west of the rearguard without sighting the enemy,…

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The Australian Soldier

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 4

Having successfully reorganised the Australian military machine, Major-General Sir Edward Hutton, his term of command expired, has returned to England (says the…

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War Must Go On

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1905 · page 2

French-messages from St. Petersburg describe the Czar as the-most obdurate member of the War Party…

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War News. London, March 31. Peace Negotiations

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 2

The Times correspondent at St. Petersburg learns from unimpeachable sources that Russia and Japan have selected President Roosevelt to act as mediator, and that peace negotiations are already…

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SIDELIGHTS on the WAR. Tragedy of War

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 4

Mr. T. P. O’Connor, commenting on Mr. Douglas Story’s “The Campaign with General Kropotkin, ” says:—…

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Prize of War is China

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 6

“This war will end when Russia asks for terms of peace or, m the contrary event, when the last Japanese creature of either sex, capable or…

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Fish as War Food. The Fish Eater versus the Beef . Eater , .Tabloids of - Brain and Nerve -Food Furnished as Emergency Rations. (The New Orleans “Times-Democrat.”)

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 6

I have just seen a specimen of the emergency rations furnished the Japanese Army. It looked like a [?] banana of the largest size and when…

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War News. London, April 4

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 2

The Standard states that despite the advice of dignitaries whom he has recently consulted, it is reported that the Czar insists on conducting the war with Japan at all costs…

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Latest Cables. the War. London

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 2

The Japanese Government has decided to distribute the sum-of ten million yen (£1,000,000) amongst the needy relatives of soldiers: and sailors who have died…

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War News. London, April 7

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 April 1905 · page 2

General Linievitch reports that a Japanese column, which is approaching Vladivostok, has been repulsed at Kilju, in North-as'ern Korea. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times…

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