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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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A Famous Victory. Soldier and Sailor

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 July 1905 · page 5

It began tamely enough. The soldier, throwing in briskly from "cover," caught the policeman of Church Halstead on the side of the…

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The Russian-Japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 August 1905 · page 2

There has been an exodus of inhabitants from Visdivostock to Biagovestchenk, on the Amur, in eastern Siberis. On the 28th ult the Japanese defeated the…

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The Horrors of Modern War

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 5 August 1905 · page 2

Those who would know something, of the horrors of war as waged under modern, conditions, with quick-firing guns and bursting shells, should read "The Yellow…

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Lost Army Mules. a Boer War Mystery

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 August 1905 · page 6

One of the darkest mysteries of the Boer war is partly cleared up by the first report of the Public Accounts Committee issued on June 1…

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The Russian-Japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 5

The situation in Northern Korea is similar to that preceding the battle of the Yalu, and is apparently leading up to a similar conflict on the Tumen…

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The Russian-Japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 2

It hat been officially reported in Tokio that a Russian force attacked a Japanese pot north of Cbeng-tu, but was repaired with the loss of 35 men…

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Chapter Iii. in Love and War

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 4

Now, as both the adventurers were to start out on Monday, and as this was Saturday it is plain that there was no time to waste…

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The Russian-Japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 August 1905 · page 2

The pesos conference was unable to agree as to payment of an indemnity or the transfer of the interned Russian ships to Japan. Both question were…

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War Concluded

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 2

It has been afficially announced that the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries have agreed upon terms of peace. The Mikado waived the demand for a…

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The Russian-Japanese War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 September 1905 · page 3

M. Witte considers that the war has Shown Russia the danger of engaging. In distant enterprises when she was not prepared…

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A Royal Bride. Margaret of Connaught. a Soldier's Daughter

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 September 1905 · page 6

The daughter of a soldier who is anything but a carpet-knight, the granddaughter of the "Red Prince" Karl, who is known as one of the…

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Solicitors at War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 September 1905 · page 3

Proceedings at the Redfern Police Court were considerably enlivened on Thursday by a personal conflict between two solicitors, both well known,…

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The Origin of the War. Who Began It

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 6

The "Slovo" finally disposes, says a correspondent of the "Times" at St. Petersburg of the legend that Japan precipitated the war by intercepting a…

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A Soldier's Revenge

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 October 1905 · page 5

During the South African war the censorship of soldiers letters home was very strict. One soldier, who always seat an account of the doings of the regiment, which account was…

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Civil War in Russia

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 1 November 1905 · page 2

The strikers in Russia have increased to 1,500,000. The whole industrial system is paralysed. Many reports have been received of…

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Civil War in Russia

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 2

A mutiny of sailors and soldiers similar to that at Kronstadt, but on a greater scale, occurred at Viadivostock on Monday. Fierce fighting took place, with great loss…

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Famous Soldier's Suicide. Colonel Wardrop. C.b. Distinguished Career

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 November 1905 · page 6

Formerly an officer in the 12th Lancers. Colonel Frederick Meyer Wardrop, C.B., was found dead at his home, 10 Sussex square, W., and at the inquest…

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A Soldier's Foolish Act

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 November 1905 · page 6

Durban William Frederick Cooper, 26, a sergeant in the Army Service Corps, was indicted at the Central Criminal Court on September 11th, for shooting…

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The Soldier's Lot. Mr. Forster's Bright Picture. a New Era

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 December 1905 · page 5

Mr. Arnold-Forster, Secretary of State for War, who at Norwich laid the foundation stone of new cavalry barracks to be built there, was entertained at a…

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