The fierce and sanguinary fighting which has been maintained during this week is being continued with terrible losses to both sides. ...
Article : 97 wordsIt is estimated that the great shipping strike in Marseilles, which ended a couple of weeks ago, has cost the trades of the port no less than ...
Article : 76 wordsLady Curzon passed a quiet night, but the doctors' bulletin to-day states that the serious character of her illness remains undiminished. ...
Article : 41 wordsCount Oyama reports that General Kuroki occupied several eminences north-east of the mines, while u portion of his force vigorously pursued the enemy. ...
Article : 34 wordsAn official Japanese despatch indicates the fierceness of the assaults that have been made upon Port Arthur. It states that during the month of ...
Article : 42 wordsGeneral Nodzu's chief captures include guns and ammunition wagons, these being seized eastwards of Yentai. Baron Oku also secured 16 guns at ...
Article : 103 wordsThe trial at Turin of the beautiful Countess Linda Bourtartini and her lover (Professor Seeche) for the murder of the Countess's husband has been adjourned ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Japanese on Thursday unexpectedly; stormed a bill on the right flank, surrounding two batteries, and killing all the gunners. ...
Article : 43 wordsIt was reported on Thursday that the Baltic fleet had left Libau for the Far East. The vessels have now, however, ...
Article : 52 wordsThe ladies of Paris have spontaneously adopted a reform which is giving great gratification to managers of places of amusement. ...
Article : 65 wordsTokio telegrams report that the main body of Russians on Friday, night fell back on the mountains cast of the railway, where they, halted and faced the ...
Article : 43 wordsGeneral Kouropatkin, the Russian Commander-in-Chief, in a message to St. Petersburg, reports that during the lighting on Wednesday, two of the ...
Article : 126 wordsIn a despatch from Count Oyama the Japanese Generalissimo reported that the right wing and General Kuroki's left column, after a desperate battle, ...
Article : 50 wordsAdmiral Wirenius fears that Japanese vessels will strew mines in the narrow Danish strip, where the Baltic fleet will be obliged to proceed in Indian file. ...
Article : 29 wordsA majority of the Hottentot tribes are joining the Hereros in their revolt against the Germans in South-West Africa. ...
Article : 41 wordsAn alarming discovery has been made at New York. Many deaths that have occurred are stated to be traceable to the use of ...
Article : 52 wordsEight submarines destined for Japan have arrived in sections at Minneapolis from Fall River for shipment by, the Great Northern. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Japanese later on attacked General Kouropatkin's reserves, and the engagement is now proceeding. ...
Article : 21 wordsPressing forward vigorously, Baron Oku and General Nodzu attacked and captured important strategical positions towards Mukden. ...
Article : 25 wordsColonel Stackovitch made a four days' magnificent stand at Tousanpu, near the Siulin-tzu station, where there was furious fighting. ...
Article : 47 wordsReuter reports that 7000 people assembled at Toronto, and gave the Prime Minister of Canada (Sir W. Laurier) a striking ovation when lie appeared to ...
Article : 58 wordsThe principal event run at the New market meeting to-day was the Middle Park Plate,' a race for two-year-olds. The French sportsman, M. E. Blanc, was ...
Article : 119 wordsThe Chinese are reported to have risen at several points in Manchuria. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe "Standard's" correspondent at Tokio declares that three or four Russian divisions are now, isolated in the Pensisu-Kiaotau district. ...
Article : 30 wordsGrave apprehension is naturally felt at St. Petersburg concerning the safety of the vast army which threw itself against positions held in Manchuria by ...
Article : 867 wordsIn the course of the operations on the Russian right, the Japanese under General Oku captured a whole Russian battery. ...
Article : 56 wordsA force under General Fushima was detached on the 10th inst., and went up the Liao, making a determined attempt to turn the Russian right. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe death is announced of the King of Saxony. Georg, born August 8, 1832; married May b1, 1859, to Infanta Maria Anna, ...
Article : 166 wordsGreat energy is being displayed in sending up reinforcements to the Japanese in the Yentai district. Fresh forces are constantly arriving ...
Article : 44 wordsThe authorities at Tokio believe that General Kouropatkin has been crushingly, defeated, and is still retreating. ...
Article : 21 wordsField-Marshal H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, who sustained painful injuries in a collision between a motorcar and a country cart on a road near ...
Article : 57 wordsIn. the fighting on the extreme left Suing of the Russians the artillery outranged the light Japanese guns which General Kuroki had been able to get ...
Article : 77 wordsGeneral Kouropatkin hoped to surround and besiege Liaoyang, detaching a strong force to relieve Port Arthur. The Russian commander detailed six ...
Article : 183 wordsThe despatch of roofing for the hospitals and huts from Ekaterinoslav has been indefinitely suspended, the authorities fearing that even Harbin, with its ...
Article : 41 wordsCopper.—Standard brands are quoted at £59 18s 9d for spot, and £60 2s 6d for three months' delivery. Silver.—Bare are quoted at 2s 2¾d per ...
Article : 44 wordsAt Vienna, according to the correspondent of "The Times," the terrible failure of the Russian offensive is regarded with pity. The loss of so many brave ...
Article : 52 wordsFrozen Meat.—Canterbury sheep sold at 4 1-16d; heavy Australian, 3 7-16d; light Plate, 3¾d; Canterbury lambs Old to 6 3-8d; Dunedins and North Island 5 ...
Article : 77 wordsAn instance of intrepid gallantry, and self-sacrifice by. Japanese cavalry is recorded in one of the telegrams received from the front. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 31 wordsThe fighting was very bloody, and practically no quarter. was given. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe cause of the Russian defeat was the driving of a wedge into the middle of their line, which has already been driven back 20 miles. ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Loongana, a picture of grace, neatness, and fresh paint, was thrown open for public inspection to-day, when is almost needless to say a very large ...
Article : 353 wordsTasmania's first flax crop is assured of a market. For some weeks past the Council of Agriculture has been endeavouring to secure promises on the part ...
Article : 251 wordsTwo days' relentless fighting took place at Dvoorogtwa Hill, 12 miles south of Mukden. The Japanese attempted a night ...
Article : 116 wordsAfter the indecisive fighting in the vicinity of the Yentai nines, the Japanese were reinforced, and, renewing the, attack succeeded in expelling the ...
Article : 58 wordsA company of the Japanese infantry, seized the crest of the hills near the Yentai mines, but the leading files were instantly mown down. ...
Article : 55 wordsIn a telegram received at St. Petersburg on Friday, General Kouropatkin admitted that his lack of success at the last moment was due to the Japanese ...
Article : 58 wordsCount Oyama reporte that topographical difficulties prevented the effective use of General Kuroki's artillery until Hhaotaku was occupied. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe discontent and unwillingness shown by the reserves to go to the front in view of the disheartening situation, and the generally unsatisfactory internal ...
Article : 65 wordsPrince Konin, with a large body of cavalry, made a detour on the Russian left flank at the rear of Pensihu, and shattered the reserves. This greatly ...
Article : 51 wordsThe profound gloom in St. Petersburg is a striking contrast to the elation following the issue of General Kouropatkin's proclamation. ...
Article : 28 wordsA lieutenant in the Royal Navy believes that hoe has secured a remedy for sea-sickness, end has patented a prescription which has been tried by 20 ...
Article : 127 wordsThe St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Petit Journal" states that one of Czar Nicholas's aides-de-camp had admitted that two regiments on the right lost ...
Article : 158 wordsGeneral Keller, writing to his wife, stated that whole regiments were bootless and without uniforms, while the sanitary arrangements were appalling ...
Article : 71 wordsGeneral Sakaroff, the Chief of the Russian staff, reports that the left wing, I after a very obetinate struggle, occupied some rocky hills southward of Siaputse, ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Mon 17 Oct 1904, Page 5
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