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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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The War in the East. Stories by Captain Scott Harden

Evening News · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 6

Captain Scott Harden repeated his lecture on "The War in the Far East" at the Centenary Hall, York-street, last night. The audience included Colonel Waddell, District…

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Relic of the Late Samoan War. Explosion of a Shell

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 8

Considerable excitement was occasioned in Apia, Samoa, recently, by the sudden explosion of a 6in. shell. When the British and Americans bombarded…

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Russia. Labour War in the Capital. Military Concentrating London, Jan. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 5

Twelve thousand shipbuilders employed in the Government yards on the Neva have joined the men on strike from the Putiloff yards. This has stopped the…

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The War Complications Eeared. China's Integrity Threatened. Japan Claims Full Liberty. United States Action. London, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 5

In response to the attempt of Russia to [?]rrAy the Powers against China Mr. John Hay solicits them to renew their adhesion to the Note by the United States on…

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The War. Russia's Baltic Fleet. Supplementary Squadron at Jibutil. a Collier Wrecked. Another British Steamer Captured. Reinforcements for Marshal Oyama

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Rear-Admiral Botrovosky, with the supplementary squadron of the Baltic fleet, has arrived at Jibutil, the French port on the Red Sea…

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A Good Dog Story. How Two Terriers Succoured a Wounded Hound

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 5

The intelligence of dogs was never better displayed than in the case which is reported from Greenville, New Hamptshire…

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Anglo-German War Scare. British Fleet Watching Germany. the Danger of War

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 34

Cable messages last week suddenly told us of a war alarm in Germany consequent, upon certain new dispositions of the British fleet. What led up to the scare was carefully kept…

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"Only Spies." True Story of the War

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 4

It was a Russian naval officer, lately returned from Harbin, who gave me the following unpublished details concerning the last hours of two Japanese spies caught by…

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Captured British Steamer. Condemned at Sasebo. Increase in War Risks

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 4

LONDON, January 20, 2.40 p.m.—The Japanese Prize Court at Sasebo has condemned the British steamers Roseley and Lethington…

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War Risks. On Coal-Ladan Ships. LONDON,Friday, 2.40 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 1

War risks in connection with shipping freights have increased to 70 guineas owing to the recent captures of cool-laden steamers bound for Vladivostok…

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The War. Next Campaign. Forces Compared. Russian Strategic Forecast. London, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 11

Colonel Gaedke, representing the "Berliner Tageblatt" with the Russian forces in Manchuria, in an article contributed to the "Standard," states that he considers…

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Horrors of War. How to Bayonet a Man. the Pariah Dogs and Their Food

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 5

The following is from an account of a visit to a field hospital by, J. Gordon Smith, correspondent of the London "Morning Post"…

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Irish War Correspondent. Mr. James J. O'KELLY, M.P. a Career Stranger Than Fiction

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 5

Mr. James J. O'Kelly, M.P., must be now well on in years, yet he still wields a facile pen as contributor to journals in Great Britain and America, principally as a critic of…

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Russia From Within. the Force of Dissension. Intrigue Hampers the Nation. Even at the War Front

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 40

A Russian officer, chatting in Paris recently, said that Kuropatkin was being blamed for all the troubles. "He, as they write, is the butt of all their…

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The War. Japan's Jubilation. Said to Be Premature. German Correspondent's Views. Kuropatkin's Great Army. Possibilities of the Future

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 9

LONDON, Friday. -- Colonel Gaedke, the war correspondent of the "Berliner Tageblatt," has contributed an important article to the "Standard."…

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Soldiers' Graves in South Africa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 11

Last year a rumour was current that Chinese imported into the Rand had been allowed to build their tents on graves of falled soldiers. The Prime Minister made…

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Soldiers of the Queen." Chinese Huts Above Their Graves. Statement Officially Denied

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- A rumor was current a few months ago that upon the ground in which many soldiers, including Australians, were buried in South Africa, a number of huts for…

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At the Front. in the Advanced Lines Magnificent Japanese Works. the Way of the Dead. From Our Special War Correspondent. F. Lionel Pratt. 2nd Imperial Japanese Army Headquarters, November 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 9

The correspondents' corps, which has dwindled from 18 to five, is living at headquarters, four miles from the advanced lines. The Russians are about 500 metres away from…

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War

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1905 · page 6

News more important than the fall of Port Arthur. War is always proceeding between the microbes of disease and the human system, and the latter often fails to…

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Making Ready for War in India

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1905 · page 8

At the instance of Lord Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief in India, the War Office is trying to reequip the Indian artillery by June…

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