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The wars & local soldiers, 1895

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Our Special Cables. the War. the Peace Negotiations. Attitude of the Great Powers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--From Berlin it is reported that China is prepared to surrender the island of Formosa to Japan provided the assent of the…

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The Gales in the Mediterranean. Supposed Loss of a Spanish Man-of-war. London, March 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1895 · page 5

A quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore at Tarifa, a port on the south coast of Spain, near Gibraltar, and has been recognised as belonging to the…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the War in the East. Chinese Concessions Toeussia. London, March 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1895 · page 5

Major von Hannekin, who was commissioned by the Emperor of China to reorganise the Chinese army, has abandoned his task, and has retired from the Chinese…

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News by Cable. The War in the East. The Peace Negotiations. The Great Powers. Japanese movements. Formosa Threatened

Evening News · Friday 15 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, March 14.—It is reported from Berlin that China is prepared to surrender the island of Formosa to Japan provided the assent of the…

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News by Cable. The War in the East. A War Indemnity

Evening News · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, March 15.—It is reported that the Chinese authorities have offered Japan the Customs receipts as a guarantee for the payment of a war…

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The War. Japanese Again' Victorious

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 9

LONDON, March 12.-News has been received of an other Japanese victory. The Japanese attacked a force of 10,000 Chinese at Theicuiang, on the west em side of the River Liara. The onslaught was…

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Our Special Cables. the War. China and a War Indemity. Customs Receipts As a Guarantee

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON. Friday.--It is reported that the Chinese authorities have offered Japan the customs receipts as a guarantee for the payment of a war…

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Cable Messages. The War in the East. the Peace Negotiations. More Japanese Victories

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 13

LONDON, March 6.—The visit of Li-Hung-Chang, the Chinese Viceroy, to the Emperor at Pekin is understood to have changed the opinions of the…

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Star's Special Cables the Eastern War. Captain Von Hanneker. Resigns the Chinese Forces. London, March 14

The Australian Star · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 6

Captain Von Hanneker, one of the European officers engaged by the Chinese Government to direct the operations in the war with Japan, has…

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A Malagasy Festival. The Queen and the Bath. The Hovas and the War. An Extraordinary Celebration--Beef[?] Eating and Bathing

The Australian Star · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 7

Writing a few weeks ago, the Madagascar correspondent of the Standard gave the following account of the great festival of the bath at Antananarivo, to which this year…

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Telegraphic. Special Cables. The War in the East. Further Successes of the Japanese. China Willing to Make Great Concessions. London, March 6

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 534

China is willing to make great concessions to Japan. Riots have taken place in various parts of China, and latest accounts to hand state…

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The Eastern War. King Humbert declines to Mediate. Audience to the Chinease Ambassador. LONDON, Friday Night

Truth · Sunday 17 March 1895 · page 5

King Humbert of Italy to-day received the Chinese Ambassador, who, it is understood, sought an audience of his Majesty to ask him to mediate between…

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War Fleet in Hobson's Bay

The Australian Star · Monday 18 March 1895 · page 5

H.M.S. Orlando, the flagship on the Australian station, with Rear-Admiral Bridge, is now in Hobson's Bay in company with five other vessels of the Australian…

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Our Special Cables. Spanish Officers and the Press. Two Madrid Newspaper Offices Wrecked. the Editors Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.--Three hundred Spanish military officers, who resented the criticism of the Madrid newspapers, attacked and wrecked two of…

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The British Army. Statement by the War Secretary

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, Friday Night.--In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Henry Campbell- Bannerman, Secretary of State for War, announced that a…

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The War in the East. the Peace Negotiations. London, March 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1895 · page 6

Li Hung Chang, the Chinese Viceroy, has sailed for Hiroshima, Japan, to conduct the peace negotiations on behalf of China…

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The Eastern War. King Humbert as Mediator. Audience to the Chinese Ambassador. London, March 16

The Australian Star · Monday 18 March 1895 · page 6

King Humbert of Italy to-day received the Chinese ambassador, who, it is understood, sought an audience of his Majesty to ask him to mediate…

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Our Special Cables. the War. Armistice Solicited by China. Manchurian Soldiers Starving

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON. Monthly.--Li Hung Chang, who is conducting the peace negotiations on behalf of China, has asked for an armistice. During the period of the…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the War in China. Starving Chinese Soldiers. Their Provisions Captured. London, March 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 5

The Japanese have captured a three months' supply of provisions intended for the Chinese troops in Manchuria, who are starving…

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News by Cable. The War in the East. Chinese Soldiers Starving. Their Provisions Captured. The Peace Negotiations. English and Russian Action

Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, March 18.—The Japanese have captured a three months' supply of provisions intended for the Chinese troops in Manchuria. It is…

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