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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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The War. Battle of the Hun-ho. Strength of the Armies. Thirteen Thousand Russian Casualties. Fighting in Blinding Snowstorms. Brilliant Night Attack. Gripenberg Transfers His Command. Baltic Fleet at Madagascar

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Marshal Oyama, commanding the Japanese forces in Manchuria, reports that the Japanese hold firmly the line of the Hun-ho, and that their…

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The War. Further Fighting. Another Russian Repulse. a General Wounded. Seven Hundred Casualties

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The Japanese have re-named Dainy. It will in future be known as Tairem. General Kuropatkin reports that a…

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The War

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 3

Published cables on the war say:—Field Marshal Oyanm reports that the Japanese casualties in the recent fighting in the region of the Hun-ho were…

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War Notes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 5

In view of General Stoessel's denial, which appears in to-day's cable messages, that the newspaper correspondents have adduced facts in support of the allegation that the surrender of Port…

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Peace and War. What War Means

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 3

The other day I received a lot of figures about the cost of war, but paid no attention to them. They were too utterly incomprehensible. There seemed to…

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In Manchuria. the Japanese Advance. Russian Wounded Neglected

Evening News · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 6

LONDON, February 6, 2.45 p.m.—General Oku's left has advanced six miles across the Hun-ho. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the…

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Movements of War Vessels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 5

The warships Euryalus, Challenger, Cadmus, and Torch left the Derwent on Saturday, the lastmentioned two for Launceston…

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Russian Wounded. Terrible Sufferings. No Nurses or Comforts. LONDON, Monday, 2.15 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 1

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Dally Express" states that the Russian wounded suffered terribly during their conveyance from Mukden to Baikal…

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German Press Comments. "A Threat of War." an Explanation Desired

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The "Berlin Post," commenting on Mr. Lee's speech, remarks that, it will serve to alarm Germany, and that she will redouble her efforts to increase…

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Hun-ho Battle. Further Fighting. Russians Repulsed. Continuous Engagement. Japanese Garrison on the Defensive, a General Wounded. London, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 5

Marquis Oyama reports that he repulsed the Russians towards Chang-tau, 28 miles south-west of Mukden. The Russians removed 300 dead. Their…

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Our Navy. Command of the Seas. If War Took Place. Britain Would Strike First Blow

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Mr. A. H. Lee, M.P., Civil Lord of the Admiralty, speaking at Eastleigh, Hampshire, last night, said that Great Britain was compelled…

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Casualties and Fatalities. Old Soldier Burned to Death. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 6

Christopher Burns, an elderly man, who had been living for some years in a tent near the cemetery at South Armidale, was burned to death last Saturday night. The…

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Soldiers' Memorial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 5

At a meeting of the Fallen Soldiers' Memorial to-day, Sir Horace Tozer explained the various offers he had received to supply a suitable monument, and pointed out that…

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Suffering of Wounded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 7

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that Russians wounded in recent battles with the Japanese suffered terribly whilst being…

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Hygiene in War

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 336

The brief cable recording the medical experience of General Oku's army in Manchuria is probably the most remarkable among the many remarkable things…

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What War Costs

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 9

Some terrible figures as to the losses among the Russian troops during the fighting in Manchuria, begin to be published in Russia. It is stated that no fewer than 110,000 disabled men…

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Echoes From the War

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 33

(The old gentleman has been awakened from his afternoon nap to hear this cordial invitation:) "Now, grandpa, Will[?]e is General Oyama and I'm General Kuroki. We've got our troops outside and you're to come and be General Kuropatkin retreating from Liaoyang. We'll give you a fair start before we fire—so hurry up.—"Puck."…

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Sufferings of Russian Wounded. Hundreds Die From Neglect. No Nurses or Comforts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 7

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that the Russian wounded suffered terribly during their conveyance…

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Nursing the Navy in War Time

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 4

No navy in the world has better hospital equipment for war use than the British, and yet there is but one hospital ship, and no man-of-war has a fixed infirmary…

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The War. a Big Battle. (By Gable from Our London Correspondent.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 17

Marshal Oyama's despatches indicate the precarious condition of the Japanese during the desperate four days' fighting which took place at the end of January…

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