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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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The War. Is Peace Probable? the Czar's Alleged Intention. Zemski Sobor to Decde. Favorable Terms Sought. Japanese Making Active Preparations

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 9

LONDON, Friday. -- "The Times" learns from St. Petersburg that the Czar intends to leave it to the Zemski Sobor (National Assembly or Parliament of Zemstvos, which…

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Soldiers Found Dead at Post

The World's News · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 6

Says a Berlin telegram dated January 4:—"Many people have been frozen to death in Germany. The cold is intense. Ten deaths from cold are reported from Silesia, where 52deg. of…

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Fallen War Correspondents

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 26 February 1905 · page 1

"The men whose names are recorded on this tablet died as so many of their brethren have died before them," said Lord Roberts in unveiling a memorial, designed by…

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War Growing Less Deadly

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 February 1905 · page 5

It is a curious and paradoxical thing that the improvement in arms, actually made war less and not more destructive ; and that in these days of magazine rifles, Maxims, and…

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The War. Court-martial for Stoessel

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 February 1905 · page 8

Almost the entire Russian Press demand that General Stoessel, who was commandant of Port Arthur during the siege, should be court-martialled. He asserts that the responsibility for the…

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South Africa. General Beyers Talks of Another War

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 February 1905 · page 8

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

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Watching Vladivostock Japanese War Vessels Despatched. LONDON, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 February 1905 · page 5

General Kuropatkin has telegraphed to St. Petersburg that 20 Japanese torpedo boats and a warship are proceeding to Vladivostock…

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War Fleets Nearing. Togo After Rozhdestvensky. Russians Strongest on Paper. London, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 February 1905 · page 5

The Russian Admiralty are anxious as to the position Admiral Rozhdestvensky will find himself in shortly. Information has reached them that…

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Modern Artillery for British Army. Secretary for War and the Critics. Delay Hotly Denied. LONDON, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 February 1905 · page 5

Speaking in the House of Commons, in answer to questions regarding the alleged delay of the War Office in rearming the artillery with modern guns,…

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Prisoners of War. the Russians in Japan

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--There are 41,400 Russian prisoners of war in Japan, of whom 616 are officers…

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The War. a Flank Attack. Russian Position Turned. Prolonged Artillery Duel. Togo Offers Battle. Fears for the Baltic Squadron. London, Feb. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 7

The Japanese on the Sha-ho are gradually closing in on General Kuropatkin's left (east) flank, where Lieutenant-General Sakharoft, the Russian Chief of Staff,…

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The War. on the Sha-ho Line. More Desperate Fighting. Kuropatkin Fears Being Outflanked. One Position Turned. Russians Abandon a Base. Prolonged Artillery Duel. Preparations for a Naval Battle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--It appears that the Japanese are gradually closing in on General Kuropatkin's left flank, south-east of Mukden, where, according to the Russian Chief…

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The War

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 3

Published cables on the war say:— The Japanese on the Sha-ho are gradually closing in on General Kuropatkin's left (east) Hank, where…

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War Notes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 5

The big fight for which both Kuropatkin and Oyama have been preparing during the last few bitter months of enforced inactivity, has apparently begun to happen. The Manchurian…

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War Correspondents' Memorial

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 5

On Saturday, January 20 (writes our London correspondent), Earl Roberts unveiled, in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral, a tablet to the memory of 13 English and Australian…

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Government Workers Strike. Police Guarded by Soldiers. "Stop the War" Demands

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--A strike, originating in the "Stop the war" demand, has occurred in the Chita workshops, on the Siberian railway…

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A Story of Love and War

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 4

The Japanese have conducted the war in a unique manner in more ways than one. The here of 203 Metre-hill, Major Sayasha, has, says an exchange, been awarded a charming bride…

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Summer Nights Amusements a Tug-of-war. That Never Came Off

Evening News · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 4

Judge Rogers had before him, in the District Court to-day, an action in which Thomas Farrow and others sued the Summer Nights Amusements, Limited, to recover £50 compensation…

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The War. Enveloping the Russians. Disaster Threatens Kuropatkin. Japanese in His Rear. Three Days' Heavy Fighting. London, Feb. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 7

A private telegram from Mukden states that the Japanese have begun a huge enveloping movement, which is likely to be disastrous to General Kuropatkin's plans…

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The War. Along the Sha-ho. the Japanese Advancing. Huge Enveloping Movement. Kuropatkin's Plans in Danger. Eastern Outposts Driven In. Main Defences Threatened. Are Nogi's Veterans Engaged?

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--A private Mukden telegram states that the Japanese armies have Begun a huge enveloping movement which…

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