drive back army of German Crown Prince; heavy fighting
at Rheims; Germans capture Beaumont; German shells hit Cathedral of
Notre Dame and Church of St. Remi in Rheims.

Sept. 20--Germans badly damage Rheims; Allies make slight gains;
fighting near Soissons; Germans report offensive move; Allies capture
Souain; Belgians retake Lanaeken; Germans bring siege guns up to
Antwerp.

Sept. 21--Allies gain between Rheims and Argonne, take Massiges and
Mesnil; Germans claim capture of Craonne hills and Betheny; Belgians
repulse German assault on Fort Waelhem; Termonde under fire again.

Sept. 22--Germans claim victories at Craonne and Betheny; their right
turned between Peronne and St. Quentin; desultory fighting near Malines
and Alost.

Sept. 23--Allies advance on left wing near Lassigny; Germans bombard
Verdun; Germans prepare for campaign in Southern Belgium.

Sept. 24--French take Peronne; Germans take Varennes; Belgians report
victory near Antwerp.

Sept. 25--Allies beaten back by Germans at Noyon, but renew offensive
after being reinforced; Germans advance southeast of Verdun; quarries
from Giraumont to Machemok strengthen German position; campaign in
Alsace halted by snow.

Sept. 26--Germans take Fort des Romaines and cross the Meuse; Germans
burn Bilsen; Austrian and German artillery menace Antwerp.

Sept. 27--Allies repulse charges on right and left wings; Germans gain
in centre; Verdun forts withdraw fire; French reinforced on the Meuse;
Germans again bombard Malines.

Sept. 28--Allies make slight progress on heights of the Meuse; fog in
Woevre district causes suspension of fighting; Belgians retake Alost and
repulse Germans at Malines.

Sept. 29--Germans occupy Moll and Malines, bombard Lierre, and shell
outer forts of Antwerp; fighting on the Aisne continues.

Sept. 30--Allies drive back both German wings and retake St. Mihiel;
French trap Germans in quarries; Germans destroy town of Orchies;
Belgians renew bombardment of Lierre.

Oct. 1--Belgians repulse German attacks on Antwerp forts; Germans
capture Roye and claim success in attack on Albert; French report gains;
French shell Germans in quarries; Scheldt River interferes with attack
of Germans on Antwerp; Belgians bombard church at Termonde to drive
Germans from steeple.

Oct. 2--Allies checked after pushing north to Arras; Germans driven back
across the Meuse; Germans report two Antwerp forts silenced; Cologne
prepares for defense; Belgians repo