Oct. 16--Germans occupy Ostend; battle line reaches the sea; Allies gain
near Lille; French are near Metz; Allies check Germans in attempt to
reach Dunkirk.
Oct. 17--Germans advancing again on Dunkirk; sharp fighting in Alsace;
British take Fromelles; Allies take Fleurbaix and claim gains on line
from Ypres Canal to the sea.
Oct. 18--Announcement that Allies' left has pushed forward thirty miles;
they retake Armentieres; battle near Nieuport; Belgians repulse German
attacks at River Yser; French repulse attack on St. Die and cut railroad
in Alsace; Germans evacuate Courtrai; German forces in Bruges move
toward French frontier.
Oct. 19--Allies advance between Nieuport and Dixmude; fighting from
Ostend to Lille.
Oct. 20--Germans gain near Lille; Allies report recapture of Bruges.
Oct. 21--Allies repulse German attacks at Nieuport, Dixmude, and La
Bassée; heavy fighting on the Yser; Germans gain near Lille.
Oct. 22--Battling on the coast; Allies helped by their fleets; cavalry
battle at Lille.
Oct. 23--German right wing reinforced and gains ground at La Bassée;
Allies gain near Armentieres; French retake Altkirch; heavy fighting
between the Ghent-Bruges line and Roulers.
Oct. 24--French gain at Nieuport, but lose ground near Dixmude and La
Bassée; desperate fighting along Yser Canal.
Oct. 25--Germans cross Yser Canal near Dixmude; Allies press Germans at
Ostend; French gain near Lille and they claim command of German line of
communication near St. Mihiel; battle at Nieuport.
Oct. 26--German advance checked on the Yser; fighting at Nieuport.
Oct. 27--Allies capture Thourout; fierce fighting on the Yser Canal;
Allies claim that Germans have been driven across the eastern frontier
near Nancy.
Oct. 28--Allies repulse night attack near Dixmude; they make gains in
Ypres region and between La Bassée and Lens.
Oct. 29--Allies gain near Ostend; Germans gain west of Lille and
southwest of Verdun; Germans dig intrenchments near Thielt.
Oct. 30--Belgians flood lower valley of the Yser River and compel
Germans to withdraw; Germans gain in Argonne region.
Oct. 31--Allies yield ground in Belgium; Germans take two towns south of
Ypres; they have success near Soissons; fighting around Verdun.
Nov. 1--Germans reinforced in Belgium; their advance made difficult by
floods along the Yser; Allies take Mariakerke and are near Ostend;
Allies cross the Yperlee and occupy Bixschoote.
Nov. 2--Germans, reinforced, capture Messines; French gain at several
points in advance to Ostend; Allies take Ramscapelle with the bayonet.
Nov. 3--Germans are being flooded out of the Yser region; they capture
men and guns east of Soissons and gain ground east of Vailly; Allies
check Germans in Argonne region; Belgians trap Germans by ruse at
Furnes.
Nov. 4--Germans lose along the Yser and shift their line for a new
attack; they repulse Allies south of Verdun and in the Vosges; they gain
near Vailly; British and Germans have battled for three days in Ypres
region; Germans suffer much in flooded trenches.
Nov. 5--Germans repulsed at Arras; Allies lose, then retake trenches;
Germans, stated to have been watched by the Kaiser, beaten at
Armentieres; Germans gain in Argonne region and in the Vosges; Belgians
report progress.
Nov. 6--Allies retake Soupir; they capture German trenches on the Meuse
and east of Verdun; battle raging around Ypres; French trap Germans in
Arras.
Nov. 7--Battling from the sea to Alsace; Allies recapture lost trenches
in centre and take St. Remi; Germans gain southwest of Ypres; Germans
set up guns at Ostend.
Nov. 8--Allies gain plateau 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 Bassée.
Nov. 25--French bombard Arnaville 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 Tête 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 Lille and near Arras.
Dec. 19--Allies gain at several points from the North Sea to the Oise;
they lose near La Bassée.
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.