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 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.
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