Show I 1 mw 1 H 1 Y y y Serious Ser En Engagement gement On The Yalu YIu Y ll y 1 I Ono One Said Sail to Mavo 10 Taken Place Pinco Japanese Column With n a Reverse 1 1 0 Their Theil Loss Is Reported at nt Seven Soven Thousand Men Were Trying Tiji TIL j 1 1 to Land the Mouth of or the Hie 1 Y y Y Y Paris April Apri 23 J 20 pm Information reaching the highest quarters here tends j to confirm the report that a rather serious engagement has occurred on the Yalu riven riv r 1 involving a reverse to a Japanese column but the information lacks and 1 the details therefore th are ae given under reserve although credited in influential quarters qu If 1 I It is s said that this is not the operations mentioned in Viceroy report of Y Y April Apri 22 St St Petersburg April Apri 23 pm A rumor is current in this city ct that the Japanese sustained heavy loss while attempting a landing near the mouth of the Yalu alu 1 river according to the thc report which is said to be based upon a private telegram from Port Arthur the Japanese lost men The file story is not confirmable at this hour and is discredited in iii quarters s where here the Associate Press correspondent made inquiries inquires x 1 I but no absolute official statement has yet been obtained 1 I 1 1St St Petersburg April Apri 23 8 pm The Associated Press is authoritatively in informed informed informed formed formed that the government gov has no advices supporting the rumor of heavy fighting on X the he Yalu river h I 1 i y I Iu I VM u |