Germany's Little War
The Gentians in South-west Africa engaged a force of 200 Hottentot Witbois and others in an trenched camp at Hudup, and after ten hours' fighting dispersed them. The victors made large…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1905
2,046 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 103
The Home Fleet's War Station
The new naval base on the Firth of Forth, showing Rosyth Castle. The castle, which stands three miles S.S.E. of Dunfermline, is said by tradition to have been the birthplace of Oliver Cromwell's mother. The picture is reproduced from the "Illustrated London News." Owing to a re-arrangement of the Home fleet Rosyth will become a subsidiary base, with a floating dock in which repairs may be carried out. The modification of the naval arrangements, under which Rosyth will become a subsidiary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War on the Water Russia's Poor Prospect. Baltic Squadron and Australia
Suppose that a foreign nation had invaded Queensland and established a temporarily impregnable base at one of the northern ports. The task before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Real Soldier. Japanese Prince Gives a Proof of Efficiency. New York, November 23
Prince Fushimi, the Mikado's adopted brother, who is visiting the United States as the personal representative of the Mikado, was the centre of a remarkable scene…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Week's Miscellany: E a Compilation of the News of the World. Baltic Fleet May Be Recalled Weeks War Story. North Sea Outrage—another Russian Tale
At the instance of the Czar, Lieutenant Pobiesky, of the Russian battleship Kniaz Souvaroff, travelled to Cannes, France, from Dakar Senegambia (where Admiral Rozlidestyensky coaled)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accidental Shooting Case. a Boy Fatally Wounded
The investigation on Saturday into the fatal shooting, by Benjamin Montague Centennial Lewis, of a playmate named Harold Moore, a nine-year-old boy, who resided with his parents…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Japanese Success Assured. a War Correspondent's View
BRISBANE, Saturday.--Canadian papers received by the R.M.S. Moana to-day contain an account of an interview at Vancouver with Frederick Villiers, the well-known war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japanese Men-of-war. Seeking the Baltic Fleet
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Japanese warships have passed Anjer, on the west coast of Java, and are now searching the Sunda Strait…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Army. Lord Roberts Advocates Compulsory Service. British Soldiers Unable to Shoot
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Lord Roberts, after visiting the South African battlefields, writing in the "Nineteenth Century," says he is more than ever…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Port Arthur's Doom. Told by a Russian Officer. the Fortress Cannot Holdout. Its Impregnability a Myth. a Significant Postscript
LONDON, Saturday.--The Japanese Naval Department has published an important letter, written by an officer of the Russian battleship Sevastopol, which was recently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Siege Operations. Important Fort Isolated. Erhlung-shan Garrison Annihilated. Condition of the Fortress. Will Fight to a Finish. London, Dec. 31
The Shanghai correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports that the tunnel towards Sung-shu-shan, north of the new town, and that towards Itzu-shan to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Soldier Charged. a Frenchman from New Caledonia
Louis Jeanmougin, aged 24, described as a soldier and a native of France, was brought before Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the Water Police Court, to-day by Detectives Rochalx,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Surrender of Port Arthur. Crowning Victory of Campaign. Further Resistance Useless. Mikado Commends the Gallant Defence. All the Honours of War Offered. London, Jan. 2, 10.30 a.m
It is officially announced at Tokio that General Stoessel, the commandant of the garrison at Port Arthur, has written to General Nogi, commanding the Japanese, with reference to the surrender of the fortress…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scenes in the Fortress a Living Hele. Horrible State of the Wounded
Escapees from Port Arthur describe the fortress as a living hell. Many of the hospitals were destroyed by the bombardment, and of the 15,000 wounded many lay among…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Germans Think the War Will Continue
LONDON, Tuesday. -- The concensus of opinion in Germany is that the war will be continued unabated. It is expected, now that Port Arthur has fallen, that Vladivostock will be attacked. It is not thought likely that the Russian loan will be affected…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War Week by Week Fall of Port Arthur
With illustrations elsewhere in this issue will be found the Japanese official telegrams received regarding the final stages of the siege of Port Arthur up to the sending of an offer of surrender by General Stoessel and…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Story of the War, Pictured by a Japanese Artist. (From "Harper's Weekly.")
This history of the war is a parody of the well-known fairy tale, "Kachi Kachi Yarna," one of the meanings of which is "Victory, Victory, Mountain." The story tells how an old…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Memorial to Forbes Soldiers
A handsome memorial lamp has been erected at the intersection of Lachlan and Templa[?] streets, Forbes, to commemorate the names of soldiers from the Forbes district…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →A Street Scrap. Wild War Near Woods' Pub. Pugs and the Push. One Man's Eye Kicked Out. Four Men Committed for Trial
Curing the last few week's a number of bruter assaults have been perpetrated. Many of the cases resulting therefrom have been remanded, and will be dealt…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Horrors of the Siege. Men Many Times Wounded
Three Russian torpedo launches from Port Arthur have arrived at Chifu. Captain Kilsovitch, who commanded the last Russian launch which escaped from…
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