e and near Arras.

Dec. 19--Allies gain at several points from the North Sea to the Oise;
they lose near La Bassee.

Dec. 21--Allies extend offensive operations; they report progress in the
centre.

Dec. 22--Allies press offensive; Germans shell hospital at Ypres; they
claim that Allies' advance has failed.

Dec. 23--Allies make slight gains.

Dec. 24--British are using new howitzers; some German trenches have been
torn to bits by French guns.

Dec. 25--Reported that the French are shelling the outer forts of Metz;
unofficial truce along much of the battle front; soldiers feast and get
many gifts from home; in some instances Allies and Germans exchange
gifts and visits.

Dec. 26--Fog halts fighting in Flanders.

Dec. 27--Germans pushing preparations for defense of Antwerp.

Dec. 28--New Paris defenses are completed; the Rhine is being
additionally fortified.

Dec. 29--Germans reinforce line in Belgium.

Dec. 31--Lull in the fighting on most of the front in Flanders and
France; French take half of the village of Steinbach, Upper Alsace,
which is of strategic importance.

Jan. 3--French gain near Rheims and St. Mihiel, but are repulsed near
St. Menehould; floods hinder fighting; conditions in Yser trenches are
very bad.

Jan. 4--Germans admit loss of Steinbach.

Jan. 5--Germans are moving big guns from Ostend; French press on toward
Cernay.

Jan. 6--French make further progress at St. Mihiel; bombardment of
Furnes necessitates shifting of Belgian headquarters.

Jan. 7--French make progress in direction of Altkirch.

CAMPAIGN IN FAR EAST.

Oct. 30--Japanese attack Germans at Tsing-tau; Indian troops aid
Japanese.

Nov. 1--Desperate fighting at Tsing-tau; city is in flames.

Nov. 4--Japanese capture German guns and 800 prisoners at Tsing-tau.

Nov. 6--Germans surrender Tsing-tau fortress.

Nov. 7--Formal capitulation of Tsing-tau; Japanese will administer city.

CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA.

Oct. 28--Belgians defeat Germans on Lake Tanganyika.

Oct. 29--Allies take Edoa.

Nov. 4--Germans defeat British in German East Africa.

Nov. 7--Belgians aid British forces in the Congo.

Nov. 23--British defeated in attack on German railway terminus in East
Africa.

Nov. 27--Maritz, Union of South Africa revolutionist, defeated.

Dec. 10--Governor General Lord Buxton says that the revolution in the
Union of South Africa is ended and reports capture of 7,000 rebels.

Dec. 23--Portuguese retreat befor