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.

Dec. 8--German headquarters moved from Roulers; Germans make new attack
on Dixmude.

Dec. 9--Belgians capture German trenches on the Yser by a ruse; Germans
shell Ypres and Furnes.

Dec. 10--Germans evacuate Roulers and Armentieres; French win victory at
Vermelles.

Dec. 11--Allies push forward; Germans rush guns to Ostend.

Dec. 12--Allies drive Germans across the Yser Canal.

Dec. 13--Allies have repulsed persistent German attacks in a three-day
battle on the Lys; French gain in St. Mihiel region.

Dec. 14--French continue aggressive movements in Alsace and Lorraine.

Dec. 15--Allies advance on the whole front in movement to drive Germans
from Belgium; German attacks south of Ypres repulsed and way to Roulers
opened.

Dec. 16--Germans evacuate Dixmude; German defenses near Arras mined;
Allies maintain offensive; Germans force the fighting in Argonne region;
Allies make gains from Arras to the sea; Germans repulsed in Woevre
region and in Alsace.

Dec. 17--Allies enter Westende; Germans rush more troops to Belgium.

Dec. 18--Allies take Roulers; fighting in Lill