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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

2,046 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 103

The War. Russians Routed. Hand to Hand Fighting. Cavalry Closely Engaged. the Enveloping Movement. Vladivostock Communications Threatened. London, March 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 5

Particulars of the general engagement on the line of the Sha-ho and eastward are still very meagre. Telegrams from the front indicate that the Japanese, in a…

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Military Matters. Why Soldiers Are Indifferent Riflemen Encouraging Beginners

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 3

It is a notorious fact that taken on the whole the members of metropolitan regiments do not do well on the rifle range. Most of them are the despair of the coaches…

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A Street Pest. That Russian Soldier Again Still Has the Rheumatics

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 4

The police have many conundrums set them for solution, but one of the greatest is a street pest known as John Anderson, who has four times been before the Central…

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The War. Extensive Operations. Japanese Pressing Forward. Important Positions Taken. Kuropatkin's Lines in Peril. Early Retreat Probable. Severe Cavalry Fighting. the Siege of Vladivostock

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The Japanese are said to be shelling Mukden with their 11-inch guns. The Russians at Mukden report that the…

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The War

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 3

Published cables on the war say:— Reuter's correspondent reports that the Chinese at Nin-chwang state that a general engagement is in progress…

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The War. Continued Fighting. Varying Fortunes. Japanese Lured to Death. Russian Storming Fails. London, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 7

Early on Tuesday morning five companies of Russian infantry surrounded Japanese outposts on the railway bridge at Shu-pang-tai, north of the Sha-ho. After…

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The War. South of Mukden. Eighty Miles of Battle-front. Forging the Fighting. Both Sides Achieve Successes. What the Russians Claim. Fierce Struggles in the Trenches

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Fighting continues along the whole front--covering 80 miles-- of the opposing forces in Manchuria, south of Mukden…

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Prince Murat Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--Prince Joachim-Napolcon Murat, head of the noble French house of that name, was wounded while fighting with the Russian army at Hai-cheng…

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Prince Napoleon Murat Wounded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 11

Prince Napoleon Murat, a lieutenant of the Russian cavalry, was wounded in the fighting during the Russian raid on Haicheng some days ago…

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War Correspondents' Memorial

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 11

This is a sketch of the tablet unveiled by Earl Roberts in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral, to the memory of 13 English and Australian war correspondents who lost their lives in the campaign against the Boers between 1899-1902…

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Exit the War Correspondent

The World's News · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 27

One of the German war correspondents sends to the "Militar Wochenblatt," the unofficial organ of the German, army, an interesting account of the treatment accorded to the…

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Japan's Wonderful War Successes

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 6

Port Arthur victories by the attacking Japs. are being daily repeated in the interior against Russia's main army under K…

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Amusements. "War to the Knife."

Evening News · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 2

The rain last night did not prevent the friends of the Bank of N.S.W. Musical and Dramatic Society from witnessing a very creditable performance of Henry J. Byron's three-act…

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Germanv’s Little War Another in Prospect

The Mosman Mail · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 4

Some surprise has been expressed by the fact that, though the Hereros are now to a great extent dispersed, the Government is still sending out…

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War of Insurance Rates. the Fight in New Zealand

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--The war of rates between the New Zealand State Fire Insurance Department, and the private companies, is being watched with much interest in London…

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The War. Russians in Retreat. Headquarters Shifted. Passes Hurriedly Abandoned. Kuroki's Flank March. London, March 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 11

The Japanese left wing in Manchuria is driving back the Russian outposts, and has occupied a line from Sat-ese-mun, two miles west of the Hun-ho, to the north-west of…

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The Story of the Blacks, The Aboriginals of Australia Chapter Xvii. the War of Extermination in Van Diemen's Land

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 2

The story of the blacks in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) is perhaps more full of horrors than that of any of the other colonies. Long before the occupancy of the…

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Russian Loan Closed. French Money to Blame for the Russo-japanese War. a Berlin Router telegram dated January 12 announced:—

The World's News · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 20

The subscription list for the Russian 4½ per cent. State loen, 1905, was closed to-day immediately after being opened. The applications were unusually large…

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Returned Soldiers' Pay

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 8

It was announced yesterday that the Privy Council had allowed the appeal of the Government in the case of Howarth, dealing with the disputed pay of soldiers who went to South…

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The War. Heavy Fighting. Russians Driven Northwards. Kuropatkin Admits Great Losses. Russian Morale Seriously Impaired. Voluntary Surrenders. Rearguard Action Likely. Neutral Territory Raided by Japanese

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--Heavy fighting has taken place in Manchuria, where the morale of the Russian Army on the Sha-ho line is said to be seriously impaired…

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