Japanese Losses at the Yalu.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11252, 10 May 1904, Page 5

Japanese Losses at the Yalu.

185 Killed and 71 S Wounded.

The Turks Exult; at Russian

Reverses.

Assuming a Bellicose Tone.

Received May 10, 8.30 a.m.

LONDON, May 9.

Five Japanese officers were killed and 25 wounded and 180 men' killed and 690 wounded in the recent- fighting on the Yalu. Japanese Consul Jsnse'n cables that it is unknown what force 'thtf '"Etißsiana have in Manchuria. " ••'.'• Bandits crossed the Upper Yalu and occupied Changjin on the sth. Colonel dadke, the Berliner Tagblattfs correspondent at Harbin, states that at the middle of April 118,000 Eussians had proceeded to Liaoyang, , making a total in the district of 140,000. f Those have since been increased at the rate of 3000 daily, and he adds that the magazines at Mukden and Liaoyang contain stores for 200,000 up to the end of June. * The Eussian reverses.-, were received with exultation in Turkey. Many officials are assuming a bellicose tone.