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.