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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