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.
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