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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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The War

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 3

Tim Japanese have repulsed a Russian division near Changtan, and are now engaged in fighting. Another twenty thousand Japanese…

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Russo—japanese War. Great Battle. Manchurian Armies Engaged. Russians Claims Success. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 2

The "Lokal Anzieger's" correspondent at Mukden reports that a general engagement continues, and that there are heavy losses on both sides…

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Russo-Japan War. Fighting on the Sha-ho. Russians Take Two Towns. London, Jan. 28

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 2

An official report regarding the battle which at last accounts was proceeding on the Sha-ho has been received from General Kuropatkin…

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The War

The Temora Star · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 2
Also in The Cootamundra Liberal

The Mukden correspondent of the "Lokal Anzeiger," of Berlin, reports that a general engagement is proceeding between the Russians and Japan…

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Dynamite Outrages at Lodz. Forty-two Riga Strikers and Fifty Wounded

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 2

Thirty-five dynamite outrages occurred at Lodz during the week. Sixty thousand men are out on strike at Riga…

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Latest War News. London

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 3

Further heavy fighting in Manchuria is reported. The Russians attacked and were severely repulsed. The losses sustained by the Russians during…

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The War. Fighting on the Sha-ho. Russians Take Two Towns. London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 2

An offical report regarding the battle which at last accounts was proceeding on the Sha-ho bas been received from General Kuropatkin…

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Latest News. Kauropatkin Wounded. Admiral Skrydloff Pessimistic. End at Any Sacrifice. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 2

General Kauropatkin was wounded in the recent fighting. The guns of Marshal Oyama's forces in the recent battle in Manchuria could be…

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Later News. Japanese Guns Heard 100 Miles Away. General Kuropatkin Wounded London. Jan. 31

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 2

General Kuropatkin was wounded in the recent fighting. Marshal Oyama's guns in the recent battle in Manchuria were heard 100…

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Russo- Japan War. Four Days' Fighting. Heavy Losses' Sustained. London, Jan. 31

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 2

The fighting which has been proceeding between the Russian and Japanese armies since Thursday has been very severe. The Russians…

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The War. Hun-ho Battle. Fine Japanese Move. Six Hundred Russian Prisoners. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 2

The fighting near the Hun-ho, at points about 30 mailes to the southward of Mukden, was continued up to Monday, the Russians being driven to the north…

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Latest News. Received at 1 A M. Situation at Moscow. Business Entirely Suspended. Military Supersede Police. Varying Accounts of Killed and Wounded. Disorder Spreading. Brutality of Trepoff London, Feb. 1

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 2

Latest telegraphic advices state that business is at a standstill at Moscow. The streets are deserted and the…

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Latest War News. Received at 1 A.M. Most Sanguinary Battle Complete Japanese Succes Russian Centre Pierced. Japanese Position Decidedly Strengthened. London, Feb. 1

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 2

A despatch from the Tokio correspondent of the London "Telegraph", Known that the recent battles were of a much more important and decisive…

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The War. London

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 4

Unofficial Russian telegrams show that the battle of San-de-pu lasted all Thursday, and that the Russians lost 23 officers and 1600 men…

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Russo-Japanese War

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 2

The Tokio correspondent of the " Daily Telegraph " states that the Russian casualties in the recent fighting are estimated at between…

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Russo-japanese War, a Great Japanese Victory. Fobit Thousand Russuns Killed. The Cestiie Pierced. London, foeiday

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 2

General Karopatkia was wounded in the recent fighting.The guns oF Marshal Oyamn's forces, in the recent battle in Manchoria, could be heard as…

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The War. Kuropatkin Wounded. London

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

General Kuropatkin was wounded in the recent fighting. The news of the upheaval in Russia has reached the troops on the Sha-ho…

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The War

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

Two Japanese divisions attacked four Russian divisions at Po-kow-tai, driving them across the Hun-ho, and taking 600 prisoners…

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The War. Hun-ho Battle. Fifteen Hundred Prisoners. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" at Tokio says that the Japanese captured 1500 prisoners and much spoil in the recent fighting on the Hun-ho…

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