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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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The Corralling of Australia. and Lessons Op the War

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 February 1905 · page 3

Every war has Its especial lesson. Ono time it is the substitution of loose for close formation in attack ; another time the advantage derivable from mounting…

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The War. Manchurian Campaign. Japs Again Threaten Railway LONDON, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 February 1905 · page 5

The Japanese are again threatening the railway on the Russian line of communication north of the Hun-Ho…

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Government Threat. War Orders Will fee Placed Abroad Unless Promptly Delivered, London, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 February 1905 · page 5

The Government has "warned the managers of the Putiloff Engineering Works that the war material must be promptly delivered, or the orders will…

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Playing at War. The Storming of Sydney. Our Means of Defence. General Gordon's Experiments

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 19 February 1905 · page 1

To prepare our State soldiers for the "actual thing" in the event of Sydney being attacked by a foreign foe, the military authorities conducted some experiments in what…

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Germany's War Scare. Double Shifts Working in the Shipbuilding Yard at Wilhelmshaven. London, January 12

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 February 1905 · page 5

The "Hannoversche Courier" gives currency to a remarkable report regarding the Admiralty shipbuilding yard at Wilhelms-haven, Bays the Berlin correspondent of the…

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Factory Managers' Dilemma. Government Waiting for War Material. What It Threatens to Do. London, Saturday, 5.25 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 19 February 1905 · page 1

The Russian Government has warned the managers of the Putiloff works that the war material on which their employees were engaged when the latter came out on strike…

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"Stop the War."

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The women of Moscow have petitioned the Empress to urge the Czar to stop the war, and lead the way to the political regeneration of the…

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Second Edition the War. Russian Force Defeated. London, Feb. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 7

General Kuropatkin reports that Japanese and Chunchuses attacked the railway bridge 15 miles north of Gunshulin, and were repulsed. When General Lenizky,…

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The War. Activity Near Mukden Russian Advance Checked. Threatened Japanese Raid. London, Feb. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 7

The Japanese are again threatening the railway north of Mukden. Field-Marshal Oyama reports that the Russian cavalry advance southward has…

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Playing at War. The Storming of Sydney. Our Means of Defence. General Garden's Experiment

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 8

To prepare our State soldiers for the "actual thing" in the event of Sydney being attacked by a foreign foe, the military authorities conducted some experiments in what…

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The War. in Manchuria. Preparing for a Struggle. Weather Still Too Cold. a Forty-mile Front. Kuropatkin Takes Precautions

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--The Russian Commander-in-Chief in Manchuria (General Kuropatkin) is extending and strengthening both his flanks…

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The War

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 3

Published cable on the war say:— The Japanese are again threatening the railway north of Mukden. Field-Marshall Oyama reports that…

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"Stop the War."

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The women of Moscow have petitioned the Empress to urge the Czar to stop the war, and lead the way to the political regeneration of the…

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The Transvaal. Threat of Another War. London, Feb. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 7

General Beyers, in the course of a speech at Potgietersrust, in the Transvaal, adhered to the speech which he had made at Pietersburg. Mistrust, he said, begat…

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The War. Kuropatkin Building Railways. to Turn Kuroki's Right

Evening News · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 4

LONDON, Monday, 2.45 p.m.—General Kuropatkin has constructed light railways connecting Fushun and Yenling. Fushun is on the Upper Sha-ho, and the building of…

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The War. Desire for Peace. Russian Dignitaries Anxious. Some Small Engagements Neutral Territory Invaded. London, Feb. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 7

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that a conviction is growing among the highest dignitaries of Russin that it is vital to the interests of…

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The War. in Neutral Territory. Russians Refuse to Leave. More Outpost Fighting. Infantry Attack Repulsed. Foreign Attaches Murdered

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The Shanghai correspondent of the "Morning Post" reports that an army of 15,000 Russian infantry, with 64 guns and 500 Cossacks is in neutral…

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The War

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 6

(By Cable From Our London Correspondent.) The third section of the Baltic Fleet has sailed. Two Danish torpedo-boats will escort tua Russian ships through. Danish waters,…

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The War Week by Week

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 467

French newspapers state that Japanese cavalry destroyed the railway bridge at Fongloeting, between Harbin and Mukden, having marched through Chinese territory for the purpose in the same manner as…

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Naval Lessons of the War

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 21

The war in the Far East has taught two lessons which naval authorities regard as surprises. The first is that torpedo at…

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