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Article : 309 wordsThe London evening papers the "Daily Mail" and the "Express " announce that two thousand Cossacks have been ordered to proceed to Pekin. The Russian squadron ...
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Article : 50 wordsThe advance of the Boxers from the south and west is now threatening Tien-Tsin, a treaty port and the great commercial depot of Northern China, which ...
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Article : 131 wordsThe fall of Pretoria has been celebrated throughout Great Britain with great rejoicings, but without frantic enthusiasm. ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Thu 7 Jun 1900, Page 5
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