St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-01-30
GERMANS LOSS ENORMOUS.

GERMANS LOSS ENORMOUS.
:. Paris, Jan. 20, 1855 p. m.-An
nouncement given out at the war OF
flee today says:
ION the heights of the Mouse. op
posite the French position at Epar
ges, German soldiers during the cello
bration yesterday Of Emperor MI
liam's birthday, began singing thu
Marseillaise to the accompaniment
of flies and drums. A violent FIRE
from the French troops silencet
them"
The French war office this after
noon gave out an official account O.
the hOstilities which reads:
January 81 was the anniversary
of the birthday of Emperor william
of Germany. Our adversaries an
nounced for this day a. very part1c'i
lar effort but it it was made D,
them 1t dod not result to their ad
vantage.
"The day was good one for u:
along the front. Every German at
tack was repulsed, while every
French attack made progress.
In Belgium the positions OF tht
enemy were shelled and several Of
his trenches were demolished. tt
the south of the Lys the British ar.
tillery shelled the roads over wnich
the German troops were moving, a!
well as the points where they were
assembling.
German Losses in
Two Days About 5000.
"In the sections of Arras. Albert
Roye, Noyon and scissors there wa
intermittent cannonading and rif1e
firing at various points. The IN.
fantry of the enemy endeavored r
come out of its trenches to attack
but it was at once driven back Dy q
severe fire.
.'In the region of Craonne the TO-
tai losses suffered by the Germans
on the 25th and the 26th OF Janu-
airy undoubtedly reached the equal
of one brigade "a brigade in the
German army totals 5000 menl'
The German prisoners in our hands
all are under the impression thai
they have been strongly checked.
OuE lOSSVS III uC0NS WV~4AN~N e~$A
missing for these two days are about
500 men and they can be explained
by two things, first, the severity OF
the fighting, second, by Partial
landslide in an old quarry in whicl
two companies of French soldiers
had taken shelter during the bonn
bardment. As was reported yester-
day these men were shut up i'll the
quarry and they doubtless were TAX
en- prisoners by the enemy. During
the first part Of this attack our
counter attacks resulted in bringing
again into our possession al OF the
territory in dispute.
Say 10000 Germans
Lost Around Ypres.
"In the section of Rheims and
from Rheims to the Argonne. there
was an artillery duel in which our
heavy artillery mastered the bat
ter.es OF the enemy. AS was set
forth in our announcement of last
night, we have made perceptible
uroyress to the north Of Senones.
On the slope Of Mount Henri eHr al
vance amounts to about 400 yards.
We made an equal advance 20 tae
southwest of Senones and in thu vi
cin!ty of Ban De Sapt, near Launois.
we gained ground and broke In upon
The supplementary defenses u the
enemy.
I'VE made progress ALSO in Ale
SAGE. In the region of AH.iqer-
ywe :lIer and Burnhaupt De Bias the
territory occupied by Us was retain
ed. Near Cernay the attack - q
German battalion was repulset.
Judging from the number OF dead
found on the field of battle on Jan.
Is, 26 and q to the east OF Ypres,
at La Bassee, at Craonne. in the At
ronne, in the Woevre and In the Vos-
gt.s the losses of the enemy during
thsse three days would appear 10 be
grea;er than twenty thousand mcE. :
LIST OF DEAD LETTERS.
list OF letters remaining uncla;m-
ed IN tho Covins,on postoffice:
Frances Bell, Carrie Bennett, Girls
co Bennett, Johnnie Borge-t, samuel
Cyprian. David H. Daniel, Ida l3u-
DT0G oaEau EuWdIu, ACuAt = 4GA'ts
Mrs. Edmund M. Gueydan, Mrs. p. C..
Gueydan 2, Grana Henry, Cleveland
Howard, Jessie James. Eugene Lar
dry, T. J. Landers, George Lemes,
J. Maxwell, John Miller. L. E. Mi
cell, Mrs. Noise, Edney Pen, VIM.
Penn, Moses Philip, l.. n. Ross, Lau-
"a Rodehinder, ]. T.. Sick1es, ellie
Sloan, E. R. Sloan, Robt. Thomas,
Henrietta Wicker, W. H.. Womack,
Will Whit. ss-- go
JACOB SELLER,
..s. Postmaster.
STATE LIVE STOCK BODY Or
GANIZED.
Campaign for Tick and Hay Cholera
Eradication To Be First Work.
Baton Rouge, Jan. 26.-The Lou
sianc Live Stock Association put
tself ON its feet today at an execu
i've conference attended by DR.. Clar-
snce Pierson, president; Eugene Caz-
lessus, treasurer; A. r. Felt, secre-
AIRY; DR.. w. II. Dalrymp1e and Dr..
D. p. Flower Of the sanitary beard.