Show j M i if t t I f JAPS SUFFERED SEVERE LOSSES I II j jy jt y t I Russian General Staff Thinks They Tho Did Dd While to Cross Coss tho Ilm y Ships Believed lo 10 Iio he Near Mcm Won mn Bombardment j I of or that not Confirmed J Ji J St Petersburg n w wj April Apri t 27 7 p in The MM general staff believes that one of r the j Japanese columns which attempted to cross the Yalu river at sustained j severe 1 Wl W losses IW WO owing II ll to LV unexpected shelling by a tl Russian ll battery l V from 11 the opposite Y i l bank which destroyed the Japanese pontoons i iThe The Japanese the general staff says sas tried to cross the river at six or seven dif j ferent points and succeeded only at one point The staff staf has no further news j A t y y i Sti St Petersburg April Apri 27 p m The admiralty I Ii had no confirmation of a i current report that V Korea had been bombarded 1 J Y I i London April Apri 27 2 i I A special from Kobe Japan says several vessels believed to I 1 be bc Russian were again sighted off Korea today A Y m |