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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
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LONDON, Tuesday.--The Russian Commander-in-Chief (General Kuropatkin) reports that a force of 300 Japanese cavalry recently attacked a bridge at Feng-tse-tong,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hot, tired, hungry and thirsty, I was riding along in the direction of Anshanpo on the second day of the battle of Liaoyang. I was hot and tired, writes Mr. George…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Admiral Sir E. H. Seymour, O.M., Commander-in-Chief of Plymouth Naval Station, speaking at a commercial gathering at Plymouth, recently, said the Russo-Japanese conflict had so…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French newspapers state that Japanese cavalry have destroyed the railway bridge at Fengloeting, between Harbin and Mukden, having marched through Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.--French newspapers state that Japanese cavalry recently destroyed the railway bridge at Feng-lo-ting, between Harbin and Mukden…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Published cables on the war say:— Admiral Togo has sailed from Kure, Japan. It is presumed he is going south. A member of the Japanese Naval Staff…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Thursday.--General von Trotha, cor-manding the German forces in South-west Africa, recently surprised and killed 60 of the Her ere rebels at a place called Dabis…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--The following settlement has been arrived at in connection with the Seddon -Taylor slander action:-- Both parties to this action recognise that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "Standard's" correspondent at Port Said interviewed General Stoessel, who is returning to Russia. He denied the accusations made by the "Times"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, "Wednesday Afternoon.--Three thousand strikers at Pernan met 300 infantry on a bridge. They continued to advance, whereon the soldiers hastily fired a volley…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.--Several Russian officers who served at Port Arthur during the late siege have arrived at Suez, and some at Port Said, en route for St. Petersburg…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Princess Catherine Radziwill has decided to bring an action against, the executors of the late Mr. Cecil Rhodes,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Daily Press is a great institution— which is a profound observation that has often been uttered before. It saves millions of people the trouble of thinking for…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The "St. James's Gazette" says: "Last year we saw the remarkable spectacle of the Spanish nation suing a firm of Clyde shipbuilders for having let them in for a war and…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →The London "Globe," speaking of the surrender of Port Arthur says:—"Europe learned yesterday with a sigh of relief that there was an end at last to the hecatombs of slaughter and…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →LONDON, Friday. -- A body of about 300 Russian cavalry advanced recently to Hantai-tzu, on the Sim-ho line, while another force reached Rave-haug-tzu…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Five hundred Russian cavalry advanced to Chan-tai-tzu, on the Japanese left, and another force reached Rau-chang-tzu. The Japanese attacked and dislodged the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Siberian newspapers report the organisation of an Amazon corps of 53 well-armed and trained ladies in Nikolsk, Ussurisk, a place which might be visited by the Japanese forces…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Russians report that the Japanese stubbornly continue sapping towards their positions, and that smoky fires are masking' the Japanese works. Russian scouts have discovered a narrow-gauge…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The war between the Philippine Republic and the United States commenced on February 4, 1899. The war was caused by the complete failure of the United States…
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