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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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The War. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1904 · page 4

St. Petersburg advices state that General Kuropatkin, with the bulk of his army, has arrived at Mukden. A considerable portion of the transport…

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The War. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1904 · page 4

THE Baltic Fleet left Kronstade on Sunday for the Far East. The Japanese are advancing along the railway line to Mukden…

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The War. London, Tuesday

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1904 · page 2

Official Russian despatches state that General [?]has been severely [?]with 3000 men, captured during f[?] south of Hun…

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The War. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1904 · page 2

Marquis Oyama reports that 3100 Russian dead were left on the battle field at Liao-yang. Owing to the escape of General…

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The War. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1904 · page 4

During the fighting on the Taitze River, the Russian detachments were so mixed at one time that all unity of command was lost…

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The War, London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1904 · page 4

It is officially reported from Tokio that the Russian position south of Mukden has a front of twelve miles and four bases with [?] outposts…

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The War. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1904 · page 2

THE “Daily Express” states that since the 9th inst. 75,000 picked troops and 170 guns have reached General Kuropatkin…

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Lecture on the War

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1904 · page 2

On Monday evening next the Rev. R. Inglis M.A., is to give his promised lecture in the School Hall, on the Russo Japanese conflict Which is Causing so much interest at…

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Them War. London, Thursday

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1904 · page 4

Considerable Japanese forces have been landed at Da[?] and Ting-Kow. An Englishwoman from Port Arthur states that while there is no infectious…

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The War. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1904 · page 2

Heavy firing took place on the east side of Port Arthur on Friday. A telegram from Tokio states it is believed that the Japanese have captured six…

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The War. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 2

Russian despatches indicate that a Japanese flanking movement is developing. Severe skirmishes, with many casualties, are reported…

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The War. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 4

Before September 20th the bombardment of the Port Arthur fortress was extremely fierce. At noon on the 20th the Japanese right and centre advanced…

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Cablegrams. the War. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 October 1904 · page 2

General Sakharoff reports that the Japanese are pouring across the Taitzo River at Pennis-[?] 35 miles cast of Lia-yang. The Russian cavalry has…

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The War

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1904 · page 2

A despatch from Tokio reports that the Russian army has been crushingly detested near Mukden, and is now in full retreat, being ho[?]ly pursued. Two days of…

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The War. an Important General Order

The Kangaroo Valley Times · Tuesday 18 October 1904 · page 2

General Kuropatkin (Commander-in-Chief of the Russian forces in the Far East) issued an important Army Order on the 2nd inst. After informing his troops…

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The War. London

Southern Star · Wednesday 19 October 1904 · page 2

THE London "Standard" correspondent telegraphs that the Russian defeat at Liao-yang developed into a rout along the whole of the front…

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Wine, Women, and War

Southern Star · Saturday 22 October 1904 · page 6

THE story has been denied that the Grand Duke Boris took with him to the seat of war a bevy of St. Petersburg chorus-girls, and that,…

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Worse Than War. Terrible Mortality in the Trans Vaal Mines

The Kangaroo Valley Times · Tuesday 25 October 1904 · page 1

Some startling returns with regard to the native, mortality in the Transvaal mining districts are give in a Blue-book on native labor, recently issued by the…

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The War. London

Southern Star · Wednesday 26 October 1904 · page 2

THE sailing of the Baltic fleet for the Far East has resulted in a sensational denouement. When off Dogger Bank, outside the mouth of…

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The War Cloud

The Kangaroo Valley Times · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

The diplomatic sky is still exceeding cloudy—in fact, from a certain point of view, likely to develop a real storm. Russia’s attitude is by no means so…

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