Jan. 8--Allies gain north of Soissons, near Rheims, and in Alsace;
French Alpine troops use skis in gaining an advantage in Alsace.
Jan. 9--Germans retake Steinbach and Burnhaupt; French take Perthes
and gain near Soupir.
Jan. 10--French cut German railway lines to prevent reserves from
coming to the relief of Altkirch.
Jan. 11--Allies, attacking from Perthes, are trying to cut German rail
communications.
Jan. 12--French attempt offensive near Soissons and Perthes; they are
checked in Alsace; British forces at the front are steadily increasing
in number.
Jan. 13--Germans, reinforced, win victory at Soissons, forcing French
to abandon five miles of trenches and to cross the Aisne, leaving guns
and wounded; heights of Vregny are won in this fight by the Germans
under the eyes of the Kaiser; Germans take 3,150 prisoners and
fourteen guns in two days' fighting.
Jan. 15--French are calm over the Soissons defeat; British gain near
La Bassée.
Jan. 17--Allies take trenches in Belgium; deadlock at La Bassée;
Allies closing on Lille.
Jan. 18--Fierce fighting at La Boisselle; both sides are claiming
success at Tracy-le-Val.
Jan. 19--French advance in attempt to cut off St. Mihiel.
Jan. 20--French are nearer Metz; British take Freylinghuysen.
Jan. 21--Germans repulsed in Ardennes woods by French and Belgians;
French retake trenches at Notre Dame de Lorette; Germans retake Le
Pretre woods; it is learned that the Soissons battle was won by von
Kluck's veterans, and that the Germans granted a half-hour truce while
French Red Cross aided wounded.
Jan. 22--Fierce fighting in Hartmanns-Weiler region.
Jan. 23--Germans renew activity near Ypres and bombard left wing of
Allies; fighting in Argonne region.
Jan. 24--Germans are bombarding Flanders towns; Allies leave St.
Georges.
Jan. 25--Kaiser sends Prince Eitel Friedrich to capture Thann and
direct fighting in Alsace; French gain toward Altkirch and destroy
bridges over the Meuse at St. Mihiel; Germans forced to abandon
Dixmude trenches because of floods.
Jan. 26--Another battle on at La Bassée; Germans gain ground by
vigorous offensive near Craonne and in Alsace.
Jan. 27--Germans attack between La Bassée and Bethune, this being the
Kaiser's birthday; the French claim that the German loss is 20,000;
indecisive fighting near Ypres.
Jan. 28--French defeated at Craonne; Germans make gains in the Vosges
and Upper Alsace.
Jan. 29--Germans checked in two attempts to cross the Aisne; they
drain the Yser flood area.
Jan. 30--Germans win in the Argonne.
Jan. 31--Kaiser directs German assault on La Bassée; zouaves and
Indians win the Great Dune west of Lombaertzyde.