Soldiers and Officers
Speaking on Saturday evening at the conversazione tendered to him Brigadier-General Finn referred to the necessity of the defence forces being kept in the highest possible…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1905
2,046 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 103
The War. Cossack Raiders. in the Japanese Rear. Railway Lines Cut. Daring Attacks on Towns. Japanese Triumphal Entry. London, Jan. 14
It is reported at Tokio that the Russians attacked the town of Niu-clwang, in Southern Manchuria, and were repulsed. Some of General Mistchenko's cavalry,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. Fresh Campaigning. Activity of the Russians. Attack on New-chwang. Temporarily Successful. Afterwards Expelled and Pursued. Dash for the Railway Line. to Intercept Nogi's Big Guns
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The Japanese have repulsed an attempt by Cossacks to cut the railway at Hai-cheng, north of New-chwang. They have also defeated a…
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Published cables on thee war are as follows:— General Nogi reports that the surrender of Port Arthur has been completed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany's Little War
Sneers from Berlin with reference to Britain's "little wars" used at one time to be common. The military sages in that quarter were wont to make merry at what they chose,…
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LONDON, Monday.--The Cunard steamship line will rejoin the North Atlantic confederation. The war of rates has ended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempted Assassination. Grand Duke Sergius Fired At. Chief of Police Wounded
LONDON, Monday.--While General Trepoff, ex-Chief of Police in Moscow, was escorting the Grand Duke Sergius to the Moscow railway station on his relinquishing the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A New Phase of the War
There is much significance in the latest military operations in the neighborhood of New-chwang, not from any actual loss or gain to either combatant, but from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Vessel in Collision. H.M.S. Katoomba and S.S. Essex. Adelaide
A collision occurred in the Port Adelaide River at 10.15 a.m. to-day between H.M.S. Katoomba and the steamer Essex. The warship was outward bound, and the Essex, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germany's War. Nearly 12,000 Men Engaged Casualties and Cost. London, Monday, 2.45 p.m
The German expedition against the Hereros, in German South West Africa, now comprises 154 officers, 519 non-commissioned officers, 11,000 men, 987 horses, and 70 guns…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War. the Cossack Raid. Mistchenko's Daring Dash. the Country Swept. Railways and Bridges Destroyed. Fierce Fight at Ying-kow. Russians Just Too Late. London, Jan. 16
The—correspondent of the "New York Herald" accompanied General Mistchenko, who with his Cossacks and other cavalry raided the Japanese lines, as far as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Fighting in Manchuria. Russian Cavalry Raid. Encounters with Chunchuses. Japanese Flags Captured. Old New-chwang Occupied. Attack on Ying-kow Station. Gallant Japanese Enginedrivers. Russians Reported to Have Been Cut Off
LONDON, Monday.--The correspondent of the "New York Herald," who accompanied Lieutenant-General on his sudden raid, has furnished that journal with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tug-of-War
The cry is "Still they come." Mr. J. Ryan, of the Millthorpe Hotel, Moncur-street, Woollahra, proposes having a two-men-aside tug-of-war on Saturday, 28th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Atlantic Rates War
The Atlantic rates war cost the shipping companies involved £500,000. The resnlt is regarded as a victory for the Conard Company, which retains the Hungarian…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →What War With Russia Would Mean
Mr.Henry Norman, M.P., recently points out in the "World's Work," now that the recent danger is over, what war with Russia would have meant: —…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Far Eastern War. a Correspondent's Story
The Centenary Hall was well filled last night, when Captain Scott Harden, F.R.G.S. who has been serving in the Far East as one of the war correspondents of the London…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Against the War. Citizens Address the Czar
A number of eminent citizens of St. Petersburg are about to present an address to the Czar representing the uselessness of the Government continuing a war which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Germany's Little War. the Cost to Date
LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Since the beginning of the trouble wilh the Hercros in German, South-west Africa, 519 German officers have been engaged. The present…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War Week by Week Port Arthur
Detachments of all the Japanese regiments taking part in the siege made a triumphal entry on Friday, carrying their tattered and bloodstained colours, and marching to bugle notes of triumph…
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