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eau of Vregny; fighting centres at Ypres; Germans continue attacks between North Sea and the Lys; they gain in Argonne region; Belgians gain at Dixmude and Ypres. Nov. 9--Germans renew attacks at Ypres and Dixmude; Ypres in flames; fighting on the Aisne. 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
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