The following important cable message was received at Admiralty House yesterday afternoon from the Admiral in command of the China Squadron at Hongkong:— ...
Article : 168 wordsSome details have been received of the attack by the Japanese fleet on the Russian fleet and the forts at Port Arthur. The Japanese Squadron, with lights out, approached Port Arthur between 11 o'clock and midnight on Monday. A ...
Article : 468 wordsIt must have been with peculiar satisfaction that the Japanese pounded the Russian warships and forts at Port Arthur. One of the glories of Japanese arms was the capture of Port Arthur during the comparatively recent war with China. It was among the genuine spoils of the victors, but Russia, France, and Germany compelled Japan to ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 306 wordsImmense crowds have assembled before the Winter Palace of the Czar at St. Petersburg. A special State service is being held at ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Russian losses may be summed up a[?] follow:—Three battleships damaged, four protected cruisers damaged, one protected cruiser and one gunboat captured. ...
Article : 228 wordsThe Japanese have captured the Russian mail steamer Mongolia, 2981 tons, belonging to the Chinese Eastern Railway Company, off Shantung. ...
Article : 34 wordsIt is reported that Russian troops have crossed the Yalu River into Korea, and are marching on Seoul. The transport which, escorted by ...
Article : 101 wordsRussia is withdrawing troops from her Western frontiers. Her action in that respect is accepted as an indication of confidence in the ...
Article : 41 wordsEleven Russian vessels have coaled at Jibutil, a French possession on the east coast of Africa, and resumed their voyage to the Far East. ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Japanese have acted on the right principle of war fo hit first, and hit hard. Fairly full details of the great battle off Port Arthur enable us to understand what has happened. ...
Article : 1,249 wordsThe outbreak of war directs attention to the Russian wheat harvest. Of all agricultural products of that Empire wheat is the most important. The wheat area in European ...
Article : 637 wordsFrance has assumed at Tokio the protection of Russians in Japan. ...
Article : 20 wordsAn Imperial manifesto, which has been issued by the Czar, formally declares a state of war with Japan from to-day. ...
Article : 26 wordsRussia has taken over the cables from Vladivostock to Nagasaki, thus compelling Japanese messages to travel via Shanghai and India, or via Hongkong, Manila, and ...
Article : 35 wordsFrance is sending a battalion of To[?]quin troops to garrison the forts at Shanhai-kwan, which Russia is vacating. The British officer in charge of ...
Article : 47 wordsThe coast district of Kwangtung, the Russian possession in the Leaotung Peninsula, together with Viadlvostock and Port Arthur, have been placed under martial ...
Article : 33 wordsThe above map places before us the scene of operations in the Russo-Japanese war. First in importance just now is Port Arthur, situated near the extremity of the Liau-tung ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 193 wordsReuter's Agency reports that Admiral Alexeiff, the Russian Viceroy at Port Arthur, telegraphs that the Japanese fleet bombarded Port Arthur on Tuesday, and ...
Article : 105 wordsRussia has for centuries devoted herself t[?] military horse-breeding. In 1511 there were regular "horse-villages." The native horses, with a trace of Arab blood, had neither bone ...
Article : 907 wordsThe correspondent of the "New York Herald" telegraphs a graphie description of the torpedo attack on the Russian warships and the subsequent bombardment of ...
Article : 589 wordsRussia has 94 warships in the Far East, including:— 8 battleships 11 first-class cruisers ...
Article : 33 wordsThe "Temps" states that the stress of events may lead to the strengthening of the Franco-Russian alliance. The fact that France is acting in accord ...
Article : 52 wordsA state of siege has been proclaimed in Japan. ...
Article : 18 wordsIt is stated on the Continent that there is a prospect of a Collective Note being issued by Great Britain, France, and Germany agreeing to keep aloof from the ...
Article : 61 wordsThere are several large Japanese steamers on the way between London and the Far East. ...
Article : 22 wordsAn official commuiqne, issued by the Russian Government, states that during the course of the negotiations with Japan Russia offered to recognise Japan's privileged ...
Article : 154 wordsMr. John Hay the United States Secretary of State, has asked the Powers to unite in warning the combatants in the Russo-Japanese war that the neutrality ...
Article : 145 wordsHigh personages present at the State service at St. Petersburg state that the Japanese fleet has attacked Port Arthur, and that fighting is proceeding. ...
Article : 69 wordsThe French squadrons in the Far East, under the command of Vice-Admiral Bayle, have been ordered not to leave French waters. ...
Article : 32 wordsTho Czar attended a performance of an opera last night, and was accorded a most enthusiastic ovation. The opera orchestra was thrice called ...
Article : 129 wordsThe "Local Anzeiger" (Berlin) declares tha[?] up to the moment of the rupture between Russia and Japan people in Germany were inspired with the hope of peace, ...
Article : 68 wordsA strong Japanese torpedo division, with cruisers escorting transports, reached Chemulpho, the port of Seoul, Korea's capital, on Sunday. The Japanese directed ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 11 Feb 1904, Page 5
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