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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
1,476 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 74
LONDON, August 6.—Shanghai reports in regard to the alleged barbarity of the Japanese at the sinking of the Chinese transport Kow Shing are very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Phil Jervis very soon became enormously popular in Blankhampton. Indeed, since "Beautiful Jim" had ruled over the feminine hearts in that delectable kingdom, no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Japanese have severely maltreated the Chinese residents at Kobe in Japan. A Chinese mob at Taku, in China, attacked the Japanese Embassy as it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Additional news is to hand concerning the decisive battle between the Chinese and Japanese in Corea. The fighting which took place at Asan…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In consequence of the declaration of war between Japan and China over the Corean difficulty the Japanese Minister at Peking secured a passport…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The steamer Bothwell Castle has arrived here from Hongkong direct in water ballast. She is to load a full cargo of coal for Hongkong to the order of the Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday Night.--The Earl of Kimberley, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has deferred a settlement of the question relating to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, August 7.—A turbulent Socialist meeting was being held at Bielschowitz, in the government of Breslau, Prussian Silesia, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There is a good deal to be done when a dead person is taken out of a river, and on the day that Sir Thomas Vivian's people carried all that was left of what had once…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, August 7.—Replying to a question in the House of Commons last night Sir Edward Grey, Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Particulars of an extraordinary outrage by Chinese have just been received, and the incident serves to show the intense feeling of hostility…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Japanese Government is negotiating at Chicago for the supply of half a million pounds of beef for the army. Li Hung Chang, the Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The native war at Samoa is causing great distress amongst the people at the islands, and unless some settlement is soon arrived at it is feared that the natives…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Much speculation has been indulged in as to the attitude of Great Britain in respect to the war between Japan and China…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Chinese have captured a Japanese barque, and conveyed it to Taku, at the month of the Peiho River…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News has just reached London to the effect that a battle has been fought between the Chinese and Japanese at Seikwan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On arriving at the house he was shown into Sir Thomas's private sanctum, a fair-sized room, half library, half business room. He found Sir Thomas sitting at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, August 8.—News has just reached London to the effect that a battle has been fought between the Chinese and Japanese at Seikwan…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London, August 8.—The Japanese captured Seikwan easily. The Chinese loss of 500 included killed and wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Further severe fighting between the Japanese and the Chinese is reported from the East. A decisive battle took place at Seikwan…
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