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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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The Russian-Japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 3

It Is unofficially reported that the Japanese on Sunday morning attacked the outworks on the extrema east of Port Arthur, and by evening drove…

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singular Disaster in Soldiers' Sports

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 4

On 27th September, 1886, three British sof[?]ers fell victims, not to the fortunes of war, but to the games with which they were amusing themselves in time of peace…

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The Russian-Japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 July 1904 · page 6

The explanation of the success of the Japanese in breaking through the mountain passes of Manchuria on Sunday last is that General Nodzu made a…

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The Russian-Japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 July 1904 · page 2

Details of the attack made by two battalions of Russian troops upon the Japanese at Mo-tiea-ling (pass) during a dense fog at dawn on Monday, and…

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The Russian-Japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 July 1904 · page 2

The "Standard" states that it is announced in St. Petersburg that 20,000 Japanese have occupied the heights at Port Arthur, enabling them…

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The Russian-Japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 July 1904 · page 6

The Che-foo correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that the Japanese possess several domina[?]ing Posi[?] at Port Arthur, and [?]…

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The Russian-Japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 3

Field-Marshall Oyam[?] is reported to have landed with 30.000 troops at the as[?] on Port Arthur…

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The Russian-Japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 July 1904 · page 6

The Russian Embassy at Rome has learnt that the russian Government is preparing for a three years' campaign. The brat year will be devoted to the…

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A Soldier's Story

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 23 July 1904 · page 4

When I was on detachment duty in an isolated village in the Punjaub the headman was found murdered—by a hillman, it was expected. A pursuit was organised, and I…

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The Russian-Japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 July 1904 · page 6

The commander of a Russian torpedobo[?]t reports having accidentally torpedoed a British steamer—supposed to be the Hip sang—in the Gulf of…

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The Russian-Japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 July 1904 · page 2

The Vladivostock Squadran sank the British steamer Knight Commander near Idsu-sbima, close to Tokio. The steamer was bound from New York to…

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The Russian-Japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 August 1904 · page 6

The latest telegrams from the front indicate that the Japanese are surrounding the Russians retreating from Hai-cheng. General Kuroki, with…

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The Russian-Japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 August 1904 · page 2

The Russians at Liao-yang report that the Japanese are advancing on Mukden, and that a simultaneous attack on the two places is expected, a…

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Contraband of War. United States 0Utsp0ken

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 6

In order to avoid friction and in the hope that Russia would heed the protest the United States Government has withheld until now from…

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The War

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 17 August 1904 · page 3

Admiral Matussevitch, who has died of his wounds in Tsing hospital, sent a signed cablegram to the Czar on the 12th instant. He reported himself slightly wounded, and…

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The Russian-Japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 August 1904 · page 3

Admiral Togo reports that the combined fleet of the Japanese navy, after the escape of the Russian squadron from Port Arthur on Wednesday, at…

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The War

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 2

The right wing of the besiegers of Port Arthur is near Pigeon Bay. The centre, two miles north of Port Arthur, has pushed further south…

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The Russian-japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 2

Major Yamaks under cover of a flag of truce delivered the Mikado's offer concerning the removal of non-combatants from Port Arthur and also the demand for surrender…

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Contraband of War. Britain's Menacing Protest

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 2

The protest to Russia by the British Government regarding the definition of contraband has reached St. Paters burg. It conveys the sense of…

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The Russian-Japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 6

The Russian cruiser Novik has arrived at the island of Saghalien, and the Diana has put into Saigon, in French Cochin China…

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