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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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The War. Sagialien Bombarded. Japanese Troops Land. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 July 1905 · page 2

Two Japanese battleships, seven cruisers, three gunboats, 36 torpedoes, and 10 transports appeared off Saghalien the Russian possession off the coast of…

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Latest War News. LONDON, Monday Home and Foreign. LONDON

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 11 July 1905 · page 2

Russian re-actionarios are conspiring to dethrone the Czar Mr Holmes, a high official in the Statistician's Department at Washington…

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Latest War News. Saghalien Bombarded. Large Japanese Fleet. Russians Retiring. London, July 9

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 July 1905 · page 2

The Japanese have begun their attack on Saghalien, the long, narrow island belonging to Russia, situated between Siberia and Yezo, the…

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Soldiers and Their Pay

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 11 July 1905 · page 2

Sir William Lyne, giving evidence before the commission appointed to inquire into the claim of returned soldiers emphatically denied that double…

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Returned Soldiers' Pay. Sir Wm. Lyne Gives Evidence

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 July 1905 · page 2

The Royal Commission's inquiry into the claims of returned soldiers for Imperial and colonial pay for services in the Boer war, was continued to day…

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The War. the Peace Conference. Confidence in Japan. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 July 1905 · page 2

Russia and Japan have agreed that the conference of the peace Plenipotentiaries shall meet at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.A…

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Latest War News. Invasion of Saghalien. Korsakovsk Occupied. London. July 11

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 July 1905 · page 2

The operations against Saghalien have resulted in the Japanese occuping Korsakovsk. the principal Russian penal settlement. in the south of the…

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The British Army Unprepared for War. the Auxiliary Forces. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 July 1905 · page 2

Arising out of the statement by Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Prime Minister, in the House of Commons on March 11 relative to the army and its preparedness,…

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The Story of the Blacks The Aborigines of Australia. (Published by Special Arrangement.) CHAPTER XVII.—Continued the War of Extermination in Van Diemen's Land

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1905 · page 3

Two years passed away, and still the whites kill the blacks and the blacks kiil the whites. The aborigines could not read Orders and…

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Latest War News. LONDON

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 3

The Japs have dislodged the Russians from several positions on Saghalien. The Russians lost 150 men. Russian troops afterwards…

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European Situation. How War Was Averted. Anglo-french Alliance. Declasse's Downfall Explained. London, July 14

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 2

An important admission is made by the German press, which throws a good deal of light on the international situation…

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Latest War News. Capturing Saghalien. Russians Panic Stricken. Flight Into the Interior. London, July 15

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 2

Further particulars have been received of the invasion of the Japanese of the island of Sughalien, which in situated between Siberia and Japan…

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The War. Demonstration by Linevitch. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 July 1905 · page 2

Reuter's Correspondents at TOKIO reports it is undo[?]ood that General Linevitch, commanding the Russian forces in Manchuria, has been largely…

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Latest War News. Manchurian Campaign. a Russian Demonstration. London, July 18

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 July 1905 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent in Tokio says that it is understood in that city that General Linnievitch, the Russian Commander-in-Chief, has largely reinforced…

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Privy Council. Returned Soldiers' Claim. London, July 15

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 July 1905 · page 4

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in March last allowed the uppeal in the case of Williams v. Howarth…

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The War

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1905 · page 3

M. Witte states that, the Japanese peace terms will prevent a peaceful settlement of the war. Russia is not crashed, and is not for peace at any…

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The Cost of War

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1905 · page 3

The cost of the German campaign in Southwest Africa was twelve and a half millions sterling…

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Late Intelligence, Russo-Japanese War. LONDON

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1905 · page 2

General Linievitch has been largely reinforced, while General Nogi now commands 400,000 men. It is expected that on the eve of…

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The War. Destruction of Japanese Depots. Non-combatants Ordered From Vladivostock. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 July 1905 · page 2

A Paris paper reports that General Renenkampt, commanding the cavalry in Manchuria, has destroyed fourteen Japanese provision depots, and…

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Latest War News. Campaign in Manchuria. Russ1an Cavalry Raids. Provision Depots and Convoys. Captured. London, July 21

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 July 1905 · page 2

General Rennenkampf commanding the Russian cavalry in Manchuria, destroyed 14 Japanese provision depots and captured five convoys…

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