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Show RUSSIANS ARE DAZED OVER REVERSES AT YALU ST. PETERSBURG. May 4. Since tho Emperor's removal 1 to Tsar-kavoo-iSclo a new system has been Introduced In-troduced of communicating official mes-sagesdntended mes-sagesdntended for publication to a special spe-cial committee of mllltnry and naval censors, Involving more delay than formerly. for-merly. Gen. Sassulltch force Is resting at Feng Wang Cheng. No ronowal of the atlnck has been made, It la believed that Gen. Kurokl Is also resting on the river. There Is a strong Russian position back of Feng Wang Cheng on a line parallel with Mukden and Llao Yang, where troops are concentrating, and it Is considered likely that a really decisive deci-sive engagement may bo fought there. To force the pass beyond Feng Wang Cheng directly is considered practically Impossible. Gen. Sassulltch had forty guns altogether alto-gether and sixteen of these left Anlung early Sunday morning and reached Feng Wang Cheng safely. Tho Second and Third batteries of the Sixth brigade lost all but two guns, namely: twenty-two. twenty-two. Eight machine guns, which were used to cover the retreat, were also lost. |