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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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The War. the Armies on the Sha-ho. Within 500 YARDS

Evening News · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 4

LONDON, January 23.—A Japanese estimate puts General Kuropatlnn's forces on the Sha-ho at 300,000 men. The cold is intense and a great battle is not immediately likely…

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The War. Kuropatkin's Great Army. Intense Cold Experienced. London, Monday, 4.56 a.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 7

The Japanese estimate that General Kuropatkin's army on the Sha-ho numbers 3000,000 men The cold in Manchurla is intense and a…

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An Empire's Trial. Is It a Revolution? Supposed Effect of the War. What Led Up to the Movement

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 5

Is it a, revolution? Has the smouldering fire in the hearts of the Russian people been at last fanned into a flame that will spread through the groat Empire, exceeding in terror…

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All Classes Exasperated. Soldiers' Ruthless Attack. LONDON, Monday, 4.50 a.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 7

Merchants, students, and every class of society mingled in the Nevski Prospect in the evening were exasperated at the soldiery's ruthless attack on unarmed crowds…

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Mutinous Sailors and Soldiers at Sebastopol. "Stop the War! Down with Absolutism!"

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 7

LONDON, Monday Afternoon. -- The vast works of the Russian Admiralty at Sebastopol are ablaze. LONDON, Tuesday. -- In connection with the fire at the Admiralty works at Sebastopol, it transpires that flames burst out simultaneously in…

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The War Week by Week Port Arthur

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 240

General Stoessel, interviewed by the "Daily Express," staled that until October he had great hope that the Baltic fleet would relieve the fortress. The council of war at the end of December unanimously…

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The War. (By Cable from Our London Correspondent.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 6

The British steamer Oakley, with 5900 tons Of Cardiff coal for Vladivostock, has been seized by the Japanese in the Straits of Tsushima…

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The War. the Rival Armies. Within Striking Distance. London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 7

Two and a half divisions of Russian troops face General Oku's army, and two Army Corps confront Field-Marshal Nodzu's troops, while three Army Corps face…

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The War. Waiting for Spring. Another British Mission. Medical Aid for Sufferers. the Japanese Prize-list

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday. -- The British store ship Humber, from Hongkong, is carrying a surgeon, with medical stores and appliances, from Wei-hai-wei to Port Arthur and…

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Mutiny at Sebastopol. Admiralty Works Destroyed. Soldiers Refuse to Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 7

The setting a[?]ght to the Admiralty works at Sebastopol, the naval base on the Black Sea, was the work of sailors of the Russian navy, who were infuriated at…

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National Sporting Club. Al. Neil v. Soldier Jack Thompson: Another Unsatisfactory Decision

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 6

The "Nash" was packed from floor to ceiling last night to see the Soldier Jack Thompson—Al. Neil contest. It was one of the best fights witnessed at the…

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Revolution in Russia. Horrible Slaughter by Soldiers. Women and Children Shot Down. (By Cable From Our London Correspondent.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 17

LONDON, January 22, 2 p.m.—The Priest Gapon, leader of the strikers in St. Petersburg, and 11 representatives of trade unions. have forwarded a letter to prince Sviatopolk…

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Massacre at Kolpino. From Morning Till Night. Many Killed and Wounded. Workers Arm and Give Battle

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Military reports state that a mob of 25,000 men from Kolpino, south-east of St. Petersburg, was met by a regiment of infantry and half a field…

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The War. Stoessel's Last Proclamation. London, Jan. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 7

General Stoessel, the late Commandant at Port Arthur, in his final proclamation to the garrison, said that to stand and offer further resistance would merely be daily…

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The War. Stoessel's Last Proclamation. Further Resistance Merely Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon. -- General Stoessel, in his final proclamation to the Port Arthur garrison, said "any further resistance is merely daily murder. A…

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Manifesto to the Soldiers. the Miscreant Czar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 7

Father Gapon, the lender of the revolt, has sent a revolutionary manifesto to the soldiers. His letters to the workers are so violent that when they are read at the…

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Returned Soldier's Lament. The Grave of Respectability. the Man on the Wharf

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 4

"I curse the day I went to South Africa. I was a respectable member of the community when I was bitten by what the matt who stands on the wharf and waves his…

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The Workmen Armed. Soldiers Worsted at Kolpino. LONDON, Wednesday, 4.25 a.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 7

The "Petit Journal" of Paris has received advices from St. Petersburg, stating that armed workmen worsted the soldiery at kolpino, 17 miles from St. Petersburg, more than…

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The War

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 2

Published cables on the war say:— The British store ship Humber, from Hongkong, is carrying a surgeon, with medical stores and appliances, from…

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The War ana Russian Jews

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 13

The following article appeared in the "Jewish Chronicle," London, of the 16th December last: Having regard to the prominence which the…

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