Part 53

Nov. 10--Allies advance between Ypres and Armentieres and between Rheims and Berry-au-Bac.

Nov. 11--Germans capture Dixmude, cross Yser Canal, capture first line of Allies' position west of Langemarck, and drive them out of St. Eloi; Allies reoccupy Lombaertzyde and repulse attacks near the coast.

Nov. 12--Both sides claim successes on the Yser.

Nov. 13--Germans break through British lines at Ypres; Allies advance on the coast to Bixschoote.

Nov. 14--Allies check German assaults near Ypres; fighting at Dixmude; Germans win in centre and take Berry-au-Bac; Germans gain in forest of Argonne.

Nov. 15--Allies drive Germans across the Yser; German gains in Argonne region; they prepare defensive lines from the North Sea to the Rhine.

Nov. 16--Snow and floods check fighting; artillery duels in progress from Yser Canal to Dixmude; British Press Bureau report of operations up to Nov. 10 praises bravery of Germans.

Nov. 17--Allies gain ground on the Yser between Armentieres and Arras; Germans resume bombardment of Rheims.

Nov. 18--Zouaves take forest near Bixschoote; Germans mine and blow up west part of Chauvoncourt, occupied by the French; fighting continues in West Flanders; Germans have successes in Argonne region and near Cirey; pneumonia is in the trenches.

Nov. 19--Fighting in Flanders slackens; French retake Tracy-le-Val; they are repulsed in the Argonne region; British bombard Dixmude; many cities in West Flanders are in ruins.

Nov. 20--French abandon Chauvoncourt; artillery duel south of Ypres; British gain at Bixschoote; new big gun of Allies is doing effective work; French wreck German earthworks and supply trains near Rheims.

Nov. 21--French artillery stops German attacks in Woevre district; French capture heights at Ornes and advance in Argonne region.

Nov. 22--Cold halts fighting on the Yser; Ypres is bombarded; artillery fighting near Soissons and Vailly; Germans trapped by floods at Dixmude; Germans fortify Belgian coast.

Nov. 23--Fierce fighting in the Argonne; Ypres again bombarded; German operations in Belgium checked by bad weather.

Nov. 24--Germans attack Allies from Ypres to La Bassee.

Nov. 25--French bombard Arnaville and claim general gains; Germans gain at Arras; Indian troops retake lost trenches in Flanders.

Nov. 26--Allies' armored train wrecks bridge across the Yser.

Nov. 27--Rheims again bombarded; French gain in Alsace.

Nov. 28--Germans mass near Arras; new British army has landed in France.

Nov. 29--Allies capture important positions near Ypres; health of Germans on the Yser endangered by flooded trenches.

Nov. 30--German losses on the Yser are found to have been very heavy.

Dec. 1--Germans prepare for new dash toward the sea; cold is depleting the British ranks; Germans on the Belgian coast are suffering from famine, disease, and cold; battle on the Yser renewed; Germans are active north of Arras.

Dec. 2--British, reinforced, take over the command of the Yser region.

Dec. 3--Germans take offensive between Ypres and Dixmude; they lose heavily in trying to cross the Yser on rafts; French occupy Lesmenils; they take Tete de Faux in the Vosges, and Burnhaupt in Alsace.

Dec. 4--Allies repeatedly attack the German lines in Flanders; fresh reserves are waiting behind Allies' lines.

Dec. 5--French gain in Upper Alsace; they try to drive Germans from St. Mihiel.

Dec. 6--Allies make advances in France.

Dec. 7--Allies begin a general offensive movement; Belgians repulse a German boat attack along Yser Canal; Germans are leaving Alsace.