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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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Russia's War Council. Mobilising Another Army. With Gripenberg in Command. LONDON, Tuesday, 2.50 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 1

The Council of War at St. Petersburg is forthwith mobilising three divisions of the Grenadier Corps, stationed at Moscow, and two army corps, to be commanded by…

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The Australian Town and Coutry Journal. "Past, Present, Futura." Sydney, Wednesday, March 15, 1905. the War and Russia

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 18

Kuropatkin's delay in retreating has turned his defeat into an irremediable catastrophe. As we pointed out last week, the success of the western flanking movement…

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Russian Wounded Half-frozen

Evening News · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 6

Correspondents and Attaches confirm the statement of General Oku that the Russians deliberately shelled stretcher-bearers during the fighting on the Hun-ho…

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A Doctor Wounded. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 8

Nellie Solomons was charged at the Circuit Court to-day on two counts of inflicting grievous bodily harm and unlawfully wounding Dr. Swanston on December 14. The…

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Vast Hospitals. Appalling Condition of Wounded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 7

Correspondents and attaches confirm the Maternent of General Oku that the Rus[?]ns deliberately shelled stretcher-bearers during the fighting on the Hun-ho…

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Late Cable News. Received This Morning. Cost of the War. Russia's Toll Four Hundred Thousand Killed, Wounded, and Prisoners

Evening News · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday, 2.45 p.m.—The Russian losses in killed, wounded, and prisoners by land and sea since the outbreak of the war number 400,000…

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The Russian Peasants War

Evening News · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 6

Peasants have plundered the estates of the Czar, of the late Grand Duke Sergitis, and other member's of the Imperial family in the Tchernigov district, south-western Russia. The…

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100,000 Prisoners. More Spoils of War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 7

Recording to the Tokio correspondent of the "Daily Mall," the total Russian prisoners in the hands of the Japanese number 100,000…

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"Walers" Wanted by Japan. To Prosecute the War. Shrewd Remount Officers

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 4

Whatever the British Remount Department may think of Australian horses for military purposes the Japanese Department evidently entertain a very high opinion of "Walers,"…

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Russia. the Peasants' War. Spreading Northward. Imperial Estates Plundered. London, March 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 7

Peasants have plundered the estates of the Czar, of the late Grund Duke Sergius, and other members of the Imperial family in the Tchernigov district, south-wesfern…

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Japan's Army Medical System. a Profound Lesson for the World. "War, First of All, on Bacteria."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 6

The secret of Japan's success in her present struggle with Russia is her masterly preparation for war, the most impressive feature of which is her care that her soldiers shall be kept…

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The War. Russia's Remnant. Further Disaster Threatened. Japanese Flank Movements. Cossacks Sacrificed. Russian Loan Postponed. Paris Bankers Look Ahead. London, March 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 7

General Linievitch, commanding the First Russian Army, operating in the eastern quarter of the field, after holding the Japanese at hay at Ma-chun-tun and Tita,…

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The War

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 3

Published cables on the war say:— The Czar is stated to be determined to prosecute the war with increased vigour…

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Germany and the War

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 4

In German diplomacy, since the present Emperor came to the throne, a conspicuous motive has been to see other nations fall out while declaring German sympathy with…

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"Stop the War." Military Conspirators Punished

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Five leaders of a military conspiracy to avoid going on active service in Manchuria have been executed in the Government of Grodno, in…

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Contraband of War. Yet Another Seizure

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The Japanese have captured the British steamer Tacoma, with a cargo of contraband of war for Vladivostok…

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The Transvaal. Contribution to the War. London, March 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 5

Lord Milner, the Governor of the Transvaal, speaking at Germiston, admitted that there were strong reasons for a constitutional change in the Transvaal. The…

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The Awakening of China. Chinese Feeling About the War

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 6

One of the grandest of living missionaries is Dr. Timothy Richard, who has given thirty-five years to the service of China. He possesses the confidence of the ruling classes, and at the close…

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Conspirators Executed. Did Not Want to Go to War. LONDON, Thursday, 4.25 a.m

The Australian Star · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 7

Five Readers of a military conspiracy, the object of which was to enable men to avoid going to "Manchuria, have been executed in the Government of Grodno…

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Germany and the War. Statement by the Chancellor. Russia As a Great Power. Strict German Neutrality

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Speaking yesterday in the Reichstag, the German Chancellor (Count von Bulow) said that Russia's position as a great Power would probably…

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