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Show MMOlEB :K0OT OF BROWN ; : MEN 1 A SSCONB FIGHT; : RUSSIANS ALSO LOSE 70GO " t ' ' ' 'l ' ' - ' ' ' - V , I Details Lacking and Confir- mation Not Received; Ku- ropafkin to Take Russian : Command at Front. LOKDOW, MAY 5. A DISPATCH TO THE CENTRAL NEWS FROM ST.PTSSBT70 SATS A BTJMOB. IS CTTRKTNT THEBE THAT A SIX JJTD BATTLE HAS SEEN FOUGHT AT KXTJ LIEN- CHENG, IN WHICH THE RUSSIAN LOSS WAS 7000, THE JAPANESE LOSS 10,000 MEN, AND RESULTED IN THE JAPANESE BEING DBIVEN BACK IN PISOBDEB.- . . , THE DISPATCH ADDS THAT NO CONFIRMATION OP THIS REPORT RE-PORT IS OBTAINABLE. . . . . ' ( . ' "". BULLETIN. CHEFOO, MAY 5, 5 P. M- CHINESE JXTNKS WHICH HAVE AB-RTVXD AB-RTVXD HERE, REPORT THAT A FLEET 07 POBTY JAPANESE WARSHIPS WAR-SHIPS AND TRANSPORTS WAS OTP WEI-HAI-WEI TUESDAY AND STEAMING NORTHWEST. for' disobedience of order and that his action Is under tnveatlsation. ' No further official news has been re. ceived rrard1ng the Runslan losses; but , Oen. Kashtalinskr'S enUinate. 3000 men. is accepted as representing practically thuir full extant. It i generally believed that the Jxpa-neae Jxpa-neae loe between SU04 and M men. This is based upon reports of eye-witnese. There has been absolutely no statement of the number of prisoners captured by the Japanese, but the general staff is inclined in-clined to admit that 300 men we're captured, cap-tured, though the staff asserts that it haa no actual means of knowing .definitely how many prisoners are In the hands of the" Japanese. Not a single newspaper dispatch has yet been received beyond the several colorless col-orless telegrams from the Ruslsan head-I head-I quarters at LJao Yang, which simply repeat re-peat the official news. A correspondent of the Novostl who waa at the front, was killed. ST. PETERSBURG; May p. m.) Gen. Kuropatkln "as gone to the front from Liao Yang'lo Inspectthe Wtu4 'Tr6n"TersoiiaIfy.r Troops ire belug" hurried hur-ried forward from the Liao Yang and Mukden line to a position iaear Feng Wang Cheng. , ' ' . ' All the Russian wounded have been sent back toward Llao Yang In order not to encumber the operations' of the Rupsian army. - It appear evident that Gen. Kuropatkln Kuro-patkln is preparing to give battle to Gen. Kurokl's army If circumstances warrant. . . Fighting Blood Is Up. - Private reports are to the effect that the fighting blood of the Russian- soldiers sol-diers Is up and that they are thirsting for an opportunity to revenge the slaughter on the Yalu, but although the commander-in-chief is greatly chagrined cha-grined at the miscarriage of his plans-on plans-on the Yalu there -Is no Idea here that he will act rashly on that account. His decision as to the extent of the opposition opposi-tion he will make at Feng Wang Cheng depend upon the location and success of Japanese landings in Manchuria. Desits or attempted landings are now inomfmarlly anticipated- near New-chwang New-chwang and the head of Korea bay. Tactics of Napoleon. rwiitmrtno- on. flntrfsiT line and nunu. Ing the tactics of Napoleon. Kuropat-kin's Kuropat-kin's problem will be to prevent a Juncture Junc-ture of the enemy's forces. It i necee-sary necee-sary for htm to await the developments of the Japanese plana and a certain the direction, strength and whence the other column will come before deciding bow - to fight his adversary In detail. Failure at Fort Arthur. It is believed here that the Japanese plans for concerted action have been embarrassed by their failure to block the entrance to Port Arthur Tuesday and a repetition of the attack on the Russian Gibraltar Is momentarily ex-Iected. ex-Iected. Vice-Admiral Togo's fleet was sighted off Port Arthur last night and Indeed unconfirmed rumors say he attacked at daylight this morning and that fighting Is now In progress there. At least the rutting off of Port Arthur, If not the fate of the fortress, depends in the opln-. opln-. ion of the general staff, upon Gen. Kuropatktn's preventing a juncture of the Japanese forces). TWO HUNDRED MORE DEAD AND WOUNDED RUSSIAHS ON FIELD TOKIO. May 5.-8 p. m. A telegram has been received here from Gen. Kuroki, dated May 3. In which he reports that a careful search of the battlefield of last Sunday revealed . 200 additional wounded and dead Russians. He expects that a " complete search of the field will result In Increasing 4hlt number. Continuing, the Japanese General says that among the Russian prisoners Is a medical field officer. The Japanese ordered or-dered him to annlHt them In caring for the Russian and their own wounded. The officer of-ficer obeyed and he is now engaged in treating the wounded of both armies. RUSSIAN GENERAL WHO MADE BLUNDER LOSES HIS PLACE ; ' ' ' ST.- PETERSBURG, May 6, 1 p. m.-It understood here that Gen. Sasaulitch -. aJready been xallaved of his command r ' |