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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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Russian Losses In the War

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1906 · page 6

According to the "Novoe Vremya," the Russian army in the field when peace was concluded comprised in round numbers 12,300 officers, 917,000 men,…

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A General Slaughter of the Caucasian. Realistic Book Startles All England with Its Terribly Vivid Pictures of a Coming War

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1906 · page 6

No book written during the last decade has been so widely discussed here as "The Collapse of the Old World." Evidently written by a…

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Russia Latest News. Received Up to 2 a.m War Against Police Three Days' Record. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 2

Twenty-seven policemen have been shot in Warsaw in three days…

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Continued Murders in Warsaw. Soldiers and Policemen Incensed. Traitors Shot by Socialists. Great Flight of Jews. a Popular League. Assassination of an Admiral. London, July 12

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 2

Twenty-seven policemen have been shot in Warsaw during the last three days. The soldiers and police in the city are terribly incensed at the…

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Received at 1 A.M. An0ther War Declared LONDON,July 16

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1906 · page 2

The Republic of Bonduras, in Central America, has declared war against Gautemala…

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War

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 July 1906 · page 2

The Salvadorians claim to have defeated the Guatemalans last Saturday, and the latter's loss was 2,000 killed, wounded, and captured…

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A Republican War. LONDON, Monday evening

The Temora Star · Wednesday 18 July 1906 · page 2

The [?] Saturday, inflicting a loss of two thousand killed and wounded, and capturing a large number of prisoners…

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Received at 1 A.M. the Central American War. London, July 18

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1906 · page 2

The Central American correspondent of the New York " Herald " reports that in the recent battle between the forces of San Salvador and Gautemala…

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Shipping Rates. Cutting War Threatened

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 July 1906 · page 2

The "Standard" states that the prospect of a rate-cutting war in shipping freights to and from Australia is being discusses owing to the…

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Special Cable Service. Russian Revolt Sailors and Soldiers Mutiny. Severe Fighting. Mutineers Successful. And Capture Numerous Forts, Have 600 Killed. But Are Unsubdued. LONDON

The Temora Star · Saturday 4 August 1906 · page 2

Sappers in the Sveaborg Fortress, near Helsingfors, in Finland, have mutinied. They seized three detached forts…

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Returned Soldiers

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 5

Mr. Carruthers intends to place a sum of money on the Estimates to meet the claims of the returned soldiers from South Africa…

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Stabbing Affray. Young Man Badly Wounded. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 3

A serious stabbing case occurred at Pyrmont to-night. A carter named George Bennett, a resident of Pyrmont, was informed by an old man, who is a…

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South African Colonies. the Boer War Loan

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 7

The Johannesburg correspondent of the "Daily Mail" understands that the Imperial Government has deeded to forego the Transvaal and Orangia's…

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Civil War Recognised

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

The public of Russia seems to [?] recognise the exiting civil war with bayonets and Maxims on one side and bombs and revolvers on the other…

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Another Outrage. Two Killed: Ten Wounded London, Sunday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

A bomb was thrown at a police patrol at Bendzin, in the Government of Pietroff. Two policemen were blown to pieces, and ten people injured…

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Civil War in Russia

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

The announcement made in this morning's cables that the people of Russia tacitly recognise the existences of a civil war is hardly unexpected…

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The Boer War. Official, History. Vol. I.

The Worker · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 8

The first volume of the official history of the Boer war is now issued, and has evoked general expressions of disappointment. On the death of Colonel…

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The Franchise War in South Australia. Pig-headed Plutocratic Persistency. Dissolution Inevitable

The Worker · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 2

The battle of the franchise has reached an acute stage, and the crisis which has for months been looming larger and larger on the political horizon is now within…

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Continuance of Reign of Terror. Soldiers Guarding Policemen. Imperial Estate to Be Re-sold to Peasants. London, Aug. 28

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 2

Three soldiers guard each policeman at Warsaw. There has been several cases of men in cabs firing at the police in Moscow…

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