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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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Peace or War ?

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 August 1905 · page 2

If the shadows cast before coming events speak truth, there is every probability of the conference between the plenipotentiaries of Russia and…

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The War. Battle [?]Nent. in Northern Korea. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 August 1905 · page 2

Reports from Tokio state that the advance guards of the Russian and Japanese armies south of the Tumen, in Northern Korea, are within rifle range…

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Latest War News. Battle Imminent. Armies Within Rifle Range. London, Aug. 5

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1905 · page 2

According to advices from Tokio an engagement between the Russian and Japanese armies in northern Korea is imminent…

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The War. London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 August 1905 · page 2
Also in The Temora Star

The situation in Southern Korea is similar to that which preceded the battle of the Yalu, and is apparently leading up to a similar conflict on the…

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Germany's Little War. Twenty Thousand Troops to Be Employed. London, Aug. 7

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1905 · page 2

In May last the German commander in South-West Africa, Lieutenant-General von Trotha, issued a proclamation offering rewards for the capture…

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Latest War News. Operations in Manchuria. Situation on the Tumen. London, Aug. 8

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1905 · page 2

Activity is being displayed by the [?] to the cast of the railway in Manchuria, and by these on the Tu[?]en, in the north of Korea…

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Food Supply in War Time. Report of the Committee. Received at 1 A.M. LONDON, August 9

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1905 · page 2

The report has now been published of the Committee appointed to consider the question of the country's food supply in war time…

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War's Madmen. Lunatics From Port Arthur

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 6

Forty-four lunatic sailors and soldiers, the remnant, of the Port Arthur garrison, arrived at Chifu on May 23rd, and were transferred to a…

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Telegraphic News. General Cables. London, Aug. 11. Missionaries Killed and Wounded

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 2

Intelligence has been received that Llama pricses in the Chinese province of Honan have killed and woundeded many French missionaries…

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The War. Battle Impending. Turning Russia's East Flank. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 2

General Lin[?]evitch reports that a Russian force has been outflanked by the Japanese near Tao-in, on his eastern flank, and has been compelled to…

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What the Soldier Said

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 2

Brigadier-General Gordon, the State Commandant, in the course of a lecture in Sydney this week, said that it "made him sick" when he saw…

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Homes of the Workless. Sydney's Under Surface.—true Stories of Terrible Distress. An Ex-Soldier's Narrative.—The Value of Orders and Medals

The Worker · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 5

Was there not some mistake? It certainly did not look like the home of a workless family in want, this substantial three-storied house on the slope-near the remoter…

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The War. Oyama Ready. Waiting the Word. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 August 1905 · page 2

Marshall Oyama, the Japanese Commander-in-Chief in Manchuria, has his plans for the continuance of the war perfected. He is now awaiting the…

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The War. Japanese Reconnaissance

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 August 1905 · page 2

The Japanese report having made a reconnoisance in force along the railway and Kirin road, driving in the Russian outposts, killing 11 and capturing 10…

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Latest War News. Received at 1 A.M. Japanese Occupation of Kamschatska. Nogi's Army Impatient to Advance. No Faith in Peace Negotiations. London, August 16

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 August 1905 · page 2

The Tokio correspondent of the London "Telegraph" states that the occupation of the penisula of Kamschalska by the Japanese will shortly…

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The War

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 2

The "Times" correspondent in Manchuria states that the Japanese are impatient to advance, the rainy season having ended. This paper…

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War's Madmen. Lunatics From Port Arthur

The Temora Star · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 7

Forty-four lunatic sailors and soldiers, the remnant of the Port Arthur garrison, arrived at Chifu on May 23rd. and were transferred to a…

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The War

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 2

Two Russian attacks on the Japanese at Synmieotsu were repulsed. The Japanese have refloated the Russian destroyer Sil[?]y, which was…

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Latest War News. LONDON, Thursdao

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 2

Two Russian attacks on Japanese at Szumiaodis were repulsed. The Japanese refloated the Russian destroyer Silny which was sunk at…

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