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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

2,046 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 103

The War. Stoessel Was Misled. Thought Kuropatkin Was at Hand. Why Officers Prefer Captivity. Cold Terms of the Czar's Message. Kindness of the Japanese. Strange Ethergrams at Sea. Supposed to Come From Japanese Ships

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 7

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.-- The Japanese estimate the total Russian casualties at Port Apthorp at 25,000. WHAT CHINESE SPIES SAID…

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The War in Manchuria, (From Photos. by Grant Wallace, Special Artist for "Leslie's Weekly," the Only Man, Excepting a French Lieutenant, Who Actually Accompanied the Japanese Into Battle. North Coast Settlement. Ii Climate and Rainfall

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 22

On the whole, the climate is tempernte, and frosts are very rare near the coast. The climate in winter is almost perfect, fine, bright dnys. clear, mild nights, not too cold to be…

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Dollars and the Dogs of War

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 7

The trouble with the proposition of ending War by international agreement is, that if two patlons refuse to abide by the pacific dictum of the other nations, and propose to…

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The War. Port Arthur Prisoners. No Signs of Starvation. Succor for the Wounded. in German Hospitals. Kaiser Honors Stoessel and Nogi. the Baltic Fleet. Japanese in Pursuit

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--General Nogi reports that Generals Nikitin and Baile, and Admiral Wirren are being detained as prisoners, while Generals Reis. Nadien, and…

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The Fight for Metre-hill Graphic Account by a Russian Officer. Wounded Buried with the Dead

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--Mails by the R.M.S. Ventura, from San Francisco, contain the following graphic account of the attack on Metre-hill by Commander Mizzeneoff, who was…

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German War Scare. Now at an End. Satisfactory Relations with England

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Reuter's Berlin representative states that the Anglo-German war scare has now been allayed. Few people, it is added, are aware of the…

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Sidelights On the War: Some Thrilling Pictures. By T. P. OConnor, M.P.

The Catholic Press · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 3

I read very little of the descriptions which appear In the newspapers of the tactics the manoeuvrings, and the rumors of the war ; to tell the truth, all that side of the…

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Rozhdestvensky's Mission. Russian Admiral's Views. After a Temporary Peace. Russia Will Resume War

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 6

LONDON, January 11, 2.45 p.m.—Vice-Admiral Dubassoff, the new Russian representative on the North Sea inquiry Commission, in the course of an interview yesterday…

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Back From the War. Interview with a Correspondent. "Britain Will Have to Fight Japan."

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 5

Captain Scott Harden, special war correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" and "Graphic," has arrived in Sydney. He is staying at the Hotel Metropole…

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Special Cables. From the "Herald's" London Correspondents. the German War Scare. the Real Explanation. Redistribution of British Navy. London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 5

Renter's corespondent at Berlin, in telegraphing of the reported war scare in the capital, and the mobilisation of the German fleet, says that few people are aware…

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The War. the Baltic Fleet. Japanese Approaching Russians' Position Uncertain. Prisoners From Port Arthur. Well Fed and Well Conditioned. Campaign Reopens in February. London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 5

It is reported at Mauritius that a Japenese fleet is at the Maldives, a group of islands about 130 miles west-south-west of Ceylon. Admiral Rozhdestvensky,…

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The War

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 2

Published cables on the war say:—Continental opinion on the supreme heroism of the defence of Port Arthur is changing since the revelation of the…

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The Ultimate Issue. a War Correspondent's View. Realities of "The Yellow Peril."

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 5

Captain Scott Harden, who has recently come to Sydney from the front in the Far East, holds that the bloodiest battle of the whole war will take place in February. "It will be the…

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Russian Officers Impressed. Kind Reception in Japan "Firm Friends After the War." LONDON, Thursday, 2.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 1

Some of the Russian officers taken prisoners at Port Arthur have arrived at Nagasaki, in Japan. They have been greatly impressed by their…

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The War. Emperors' Messages. Kaisee, Czar, and Mikado. Appreciation of Heroism. Japan's Own Interests. a Sure Peace. London, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 7

The Czar, in thanking the German Emperor for having decorated General Stocss[?]l with the Order of Merit, said that General Stoessel had gallantly done his…

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The Uniforms of Our Soldiers. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 5

Sir,—I would like to point out a grievance that exists in the ranks regarding the new Commonwea[?] uniforms, There seems to be a lot of dissatisfaction in taking away the original uniforms from various…

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The War. Remarkable Statement Attributed to a Russian Admiral. Japan to Retain Her Advantages. Russia Will Increase Her Navy. Resuming Operations Later

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Vice-Admiral Dubassoff, the Russian representative on the North Sea Inquiry Commission, has been interviewed. He expressed the…

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The Russian Wounded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 11

There are 13,000 wounded Russians from Port Arthur. They will eventually be brought to Japan…

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Arbitration versus War

The Methodist · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 7

Mr. Andrew Carnegie has made a sensible sug­gestion in a letter to the Boston Peace Congress. It is to the effect that war might be ended easily if four or five of the great Powers would declare…

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The War Lectures

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 11

Captain Scott Harden, under the management of Mr. Edwin Geach. will give his first lecture on incidents in the Russo-Japanese war in the Centenary-hall on Tuesday night. The lecturer,…

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