Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-06 | Page 2 | Sassulitch Relieved of His Command

II. SASSULITCH RELIEVED !, OF HIS COMMAND I ' 1 U ST. PETERSBURG. May C It is p ' , understood here that Gen. Saasullich Ij J,j has already been relieved ojT his command j i , for dlsobcdienco of ordcrw and that his '! l j 1 action is under Investigation. lj j, No further official news has been received re-ceived regarding the Russian losses, but Gen. Kashtalinsky's estimate, 2000 men. 13 1 accepted as representing practically their 11 j ' ' full extent. iJ "j ( It Is generally believed that the Japa- i j , tieac lost between 3000 and 1000 men. This I , Is based upon reports of eye-witnesses. I i i j There has been absolutely no statement j cf tho number of prisoners captured by ' ' l he Japanese, but the general staff Is ln- 1 '"'.ined to admit that S00 men were cap- , ' ; lured, though the staff asserts that It haa ( ' ( ' no actual nicana of knowing dpflnllcly Ii i i the Japanese. 4 Not a single newspaper dispatch has -i yet been received beyond the several col- orless telegrams from tho Russian hcad- ! i quarters at Tlao Yang, which simply roll ro-ll i 1 1 peat the official news, i 1 1 j ' -'i A correiipondcnt of the Ndvostl who was 'i j, i, at the front, was killed.