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The wars & local soldiers, 1894

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The Corean War. London, Sept. 14

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 18 September 1894 · page 2

TELEGRAMS to hand to-day state that a feeling of alarm prevails in official circles in China, an invasion of the country by Japan being feared. Hie Chinese are making…

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The Lessons of the War. London, Sept. 16

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 18 September 1894 · page 4

The British authorities are sending four medical men and some military officer to Corea, in order that they may gain experience which may be of future advantage in…

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The Corean War. a Japanese Success. London, Sept. 18

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 18 September 1894 · page 4

Intelligence has been received from Seoul, the capital of Corea, of a serious defeat inflicted by the Japanese upon the Chinese troops near Ping Yung, to the northward…

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The Corean War. London, Sept. 17

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 September 1894 · page 2

NEWS is just to hand of a great battle which has been fought between the Japanese and the and the Chinese at Ping Yang, situated in north of Corea, on the west coast of…

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The Corean War. Japan Master of Corea. London, September 18

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 September 1894 · page 3

Further intelligence with respect to the great battle fought between the Chinese and Japanese armies in the Corea at Ping Yang states that the effect of the Japanese…

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The Corean War. London, Sept. 19

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 September 1894 · page 4

A great naval victory is reported by the Japanese to have been gained by them in Corea Bay at the mouth of the Yaloo River, which enters the sea near the boundary…

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The Corean War. London, Sept. 20

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 September 1894 · page 2

Further details respecting the naval battle in Corea Bay have been received, and show that the Japanese had considerably the best of the contest…

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France and Madagascar. Malagasies Preparing for War. London, Sept. 22

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 September 1894 · page 3

The Malagasies are making great preparations for the war with France, which they anticipate in consequence of the rejection of the French demands, which practically…

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The Corean War. Details of the Naval Battle. London, Sept. 20

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 25 September 1894 · page 2

FURTHER information concerning the naval fight states that a section of the Japanese officers were in favor of continuing the engagement on the second day at Yaloo, but…

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The Corean War. London, Sept. 21

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 September 1894 · page 3

TELEGRAMS from China report that a great battle is expected between the Japanese and Chinese armies before Moukden, the capital of Chinese Manchuria, on which the…

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The Corean War. the Manchuria Campaign. London, Sept. 25

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 September 1894 · page 3

The Chinese troops in Manchuria are making great preparations to repulse the Japanese attack on Moukden. In addition to strengthening the fortifications of the city…

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Armour in War

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 6

In Temple Bar there is a short and interesting amount of what was probably the last appearance in the field of men in armour. This was in…

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The Japanese-chinese War

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 8

Japan has so far got the better of I China in the Corean struggle. Since the declaration of war at the begining of August, the Chinese and Japanese…

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The Corean War. London, Sept. 26

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 2

THE latest intelligence received from Japan is that the Mikado has inspected the embarkation at Hiroshima of 30,000 troops, on an expedition the destination of which has…

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The War in Corea. a Big Battle Expected

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 2

China and Japan are preparing for a great struggle in Manchuria. Temeadous fighting is expected in Mo[?] Gulf. All islands are fortifying…

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Contraband of War. a British Steamer Seized by Chinese. London, September 26

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 4

Telegrams from Hong Kong report that the British steamer Pathan has been seized by a Chinese war ship and taken into the treat; port of Kelung, on the island of…

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The Corean War. Japan's Great Coup. an Expedition Against Pekin. London, Sept. 27

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 4

A telegram from Tokio, published in a Washington newspaper, states that the 30,000 Japanese troops embarked at Hiroshima under the personal supervision of the Mikado, their…

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The Czar and the Soldier

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 7

Some years ago the Czar of Russia sent a thousand roubles to an old French soldier who had lived at Saratow, a city on the Volga, for eighty…

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The Corean War. London, Sept. 28

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1894 · page 2

Further details concerning the recent naval action in the Bay of Corea are given in the London Times. It is stated that the Chinese admiral tried…

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The Chinese Sovereignty. a Dynastic War Inevitable. London, Sept. 29

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 October 1894 · page 3

Official reports from the Russian consuls in China express the gravest apprehensions that civil war in China will result from the conspicuous failure of the Chinese forces in…

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