Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-06 | Page 1 | Second Battle Fought at Kiu lien Cheng

at Kin Lien Cheng Rumors That a Terrific Engagement Has Occurred on the Yalu, With Heavy Loss. ST. PETERSBURG, May 5. A rumor ru-mor Is current here that a second battle has been fought at KIu Lien Cheng. In which the Russian loss was 7000. the Japanese loss 10,000 men, and which resulted In the Japanese being be-ing driven back in disorder. No confirmation con-firmation of this report Is obtainable. There are persistent rumors here of a naval engagement between the Vladivostok Vladi-vostok and Vice-Admlral Kamlmura's squadrons, but no conflrmnHnn nt reports hnd been received up to 1 o'clock this afternoon. There are also rumors hero, which cannot be traced to a responsible source, that the Russian troops In northwestern Korea have swooped down upon tho Japanese below tho Yalu river, winning a big victory. The j story ls-not credited.