The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 Part 37

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 s.h.i.+ft 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 Ca.n.a.l, 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 a.s.saults 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 Ca.n.a.l 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 Ba.s.see.

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 ma.s.s 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 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 Ca.n.a.l; 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 sh.e.l.l 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 Ca.n.a.l.

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 Ba.s.see.

Dec. 21--Allies extend offensive operations; they report progress in the centre.