VARIOUS NEWS.
GENERAL GRIPENBERG'S APPOINTMENT. (Received September Zt, 8.43 a.m.) LONDON, September 26. The Czar, in a letter appointing General Gripenberg to the command, of the second Manchurian army, states that the intense energy, stubbornness, and high warlike qualities of the Japanese has rendered a considerably . increased force necessary to attain decisive success quickly. General Gripenberg has been instructed to follow the general directions of the Commander-in-chief. The Times believes that Alexiell is meant by this. General Gripenberg has a good record in connection with the Polish insurrection and the operations in Turkestan.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8096, 27 September 1904, Page 2
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93VARIOUS NEWS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8096, 27 September 1904, Page 2
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