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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

2,046 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 103

The War and Camphor

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 3

One of the effects of the present war between Russia and Japan is an increase in the price of camphor. This increase threatens to be so considerable as to actually stop…

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The Effect of War

The Methodist · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 11

"There is much genuine distress amongst the families of the reservists. These men, having served their time in the army, have in most cases…

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A Year of War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 11

Japanese newspapers, in reviewing the year of war, state that the nation is not embarrassed, but has increased self-confidence, and is prepared to continue the…

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War Glimpses. the Return of a Sword

The World's News · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 12

Hot, tired, hungry, and thirsty, I was riding along in the direction of the hill of Anshanpo on the second day of…

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A Year of War. Japanese Papers' Review

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- The Japanese newspapers, in reviewing the year of war, state that the nation is not embarrassed, but bas increased self-confidence,…

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The War. Continued Cannonade. Japanese Active. Russians' Disadvantages. London, Feb. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 11

It is officially announced at Tokio tnat the Russians on the Sha-ho, south of Mukden, continue their usual cannonade in the centre…

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The War. Japanese Activity. Harassing the Russians. a Cannonading Still Continues. Kuropatkin Short of Supplies. Reinforcements From Vladivostock

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- The Japanese in Manchuria are showing activity on the Russian right flank. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the…

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Pinch of War. High Prices for Food in Japan. An "Express" correspondent, writing from Kobe on November 23, says:—

The World's News · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 18

Japan is feeling the pinch of the warfare very severely. Among the new taxation proposals, that which is regarded with most alarm is the imposition of a duty of 15 per cent, on rice…

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Soldiers and Strikers. Serious Conflict at Sosnowice. Many Killed and Wounded. London, Saturday, 5.50 a,m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 12 February 1905 · page 1

Latest reports from Sosnowice, Where 100,000 men have ceased work, state that the strikers crowded into a narrow yard of the German Catherine Colliery to prevent the…

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Japanese Sick and Wounded. London, Saturday, 5.50 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 12 February 1905 · page 1

Official returns just published. show that the total number of Japanese wounded or incapacitated through sickness during the present campaign is 140,000…

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Collision at Lodz. Twenty Killed, Seventy-five Wounded. LONDON, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 February 1905 · page 5

Two factories at Lodz are not paying the strikers for the days on which they were out on strike. In collision with the troops, twenty…

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Is England Prepared for War. ?

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 February 1905 · page 4

Within the last few weeks we have been on the verge of war with Russia ; we have been reminded in no uncertain terms that the first hostile movement would have been…

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Cronje Had Enough of War

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 February 1905 · page 5

General Cronje has refused a large sum offered by a Moscow newspaper to go to the front to report the present struggle between Russia and Japan. The General…

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Mr. Chamberlain on War a Terrible Necessity

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 February 1905 · page 5

The Coldstream Guards visited Birmingham last month, and a reception in their honor was held in the Council-house on Saturday night. On Sunday morning there…

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The War. 140,000 Japanese Casualties Shooting Drowning Men. Russian Heartlessness. London, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 February 1905 · page 5

It is estimated that the Japanese sick and wounded during the campaign, which has just concluded its first year, number 140,000…

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Russ-japanese War. Activity in Manchuria. Russian Generals in Conflict—Press Insists on Cessation of Hostilities—Japs' Increasing Confidence. Russian Repulse

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 February 1905 · page 8

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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Torturing Women. Revolting Barbarity. Wounded Student Flogged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 7

The St. Petersburg Police recently removed a female student from the hospital, and, regardless of the fact that she was suffering from a severe sabre wound in…

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News by Cable. Russian Brutality. Wounded Woman Flogged

Evening News · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 6

LONDON, Sunday.—There is great indignation at St. Petersburg at the police removing a female student from the hospital, and, regardless of the fact that she was suffering from a…

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The War. Japanese Sick and Wounded. a Tremendous Total. Marshal Oyama's Forces. a Russian Estimate. Half a Million Men

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The total number of Japanese sick and wounded since the beginning of the campaign in the Far East is given as 140,000 men…

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The War. Japanese Activity

Evening News · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday, 2.5 p.m.—The Japanese captured an eminence south of Chen-chieh-pao on Thursday, expelling two companies of Russian infantry…

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