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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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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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The War. a Snowstorm Battle. Russian Defeat

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 March 1905 · page 8

The following cable was received from Tokio by Mr. K. Iwasaki, Acting Consul-General for Japan:—"On February 23 our detachment attacked the…

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War Humours. Incidents of the Battled field. Jesting Under Difficulties

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 5 March 1905 · page 5

It seems somewhat of a paradox to write of humours of the battlefield, but it is a well-known fact that even the grim horrors of warfare cannot eliminate the native…

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Domestic War Loan in Japan. Covered Twice Over. LONDON, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 March 1905 · page 5

The domestic issue of a war loan of £10,000,000 in Japan was covered twice. The Imperial household took half a…

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The War. Japanese Checked Near Mukden. Russian Official Report London, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 March 1905 · page 5

Russian official despatches state that two vigorous attacks by the Japanese on Putiloff were repulsed, the Japanese losing very heavily…

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War Notes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1905 · page 5

If the latest estimates as to the numbers of troops engaged on both sides in this Titanic struggle in the Far East are to he taken at their face value--which is something in excess…

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Japanese War Loan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1905 · page 7

The domestic issue in Japan of £10,000,000 of the war loan was covered twice. The Imperial Household took £500,000,…

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Terrible Waste of War Material

Evening News · Monday 6 March 1905 · page 6

The enormous expenditure of ammunition is one of the features of this war. The Russian soldier carries' 120 rounds of .rifle' ammunition into battle, and this will seldom last through…

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Cost of the War. Japanese Do Not Grumble

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1905 · page 5

BRISBANE, Saturday.--The Rev. T. H. Davies, chaplain of the Church of England at Kobe for the past 10 years, who is touring Australia, arrived by the steamer Empire to-day. In the…

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Russia. Bureaucrats Triumph. Need of War. Revolt to Be Eradicated. Promise of a Legislature. London, March 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1905 · page 7

The manifesto issued by the Czar undeing his directions for the carrying out of reforms describes the war with the Japanese as urgently necessary for the…

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Russian Unrest. the Vacillating Czar. a Manifesto and a Rescript. Why the War Is Necessary. an Appeal to the Nation. Promises Op Reform. Immutability of Fundamental Laws

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The Czar's manifesto describes the war in the Far East and the command of the waters of the Pacific as being urgently necessary for the…

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The War

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 3

Published cables on the war say:— The Japanese left wing in Manchuria is driving back the Russian outposts, and has occupied a line from…

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Anglo-german War Scare

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 6

INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR FRITSCH. Dr. Gustav Fritsch, Gorman scientist, who is conducting anthropological researches in Australia. under the auspices of the German Government, was interviewed in Brisbane by the…

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When the War Is Over

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 4

A communication has been received by the State Premier from Mr. Sutter, Commercial Agent in the East, stating that he [?]d been accorded an interview with Baron Konra,…

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The War. the Japanese Advancing Cable to the Consul

Evening News · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 5

The Acting Consul-General for Japan to-day received the following cable from the Foreign Office:—"On the morning of the 5th instant the enemy…

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War Declared

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 1

The undignified controversy that began in the official, reserve at Warwick Farm has apparently not anded yet, and it is said that nothing, hut blood will wash…

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War Notes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 7

Up to the present no important variation has occurred in the theme which has run through the whole of this gigantic northward movement. In view of the immense amount of territory over…

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Second Edition Siberian Strikes. Railway Traffic Suspended. Cessation of War Demanded. London, March 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 7

All traffic on the Trans-Baikal railway line has been suspended for three days on account of the spread of the strikes. At Chita, an important station, the…

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Second Edition. the War. Strike on the Trans-baikal Line. All Traffic Suspended. Army Provisions Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday.--All traffic on the Trans-Baikal line--the eastern section of the Trans-Siberian--has been suspended for three days…

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The War Week by Week Great Battle in Progress. Enormous Numbers Engaged. Russians Steadily Pushed Northward

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 595

A great battle, having a front as the crow flies of 45 miles, is being fought between the Sha-ho and Mukden by 650,000 men, the Japanese being in superior numbers to the extent of 50,000…

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