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Each army tries to reach the North Sea coast first.
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Belgian defenders pushed back to Nieuport after Germans capture Antwerp
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Allies reach Nieuport on North Sea coast
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British Expeditionary Forces retreat after fall of Antwerp as backup for France and Belgium
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Germany's Army Cheif of Staff, Falkenhayn orders an advance to break the Allied line and capture ports of Dunkirk, Calais, and Boulogne; attacks Belgian defences on the Yser River
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Belgium floods the 20-mile strip between Dixmude and Nieuport (between their position and Germany's); causes Falkenhayn to reconcider plans
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A British cavalry unit is driven back from its position on the Messines Ridge by a larger German cavalry
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General Douglas Haig's First Corp is able to repel Germany with its rapid firing rifles
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German divisions try to get past British lines (north of Menin Road) in Nun's Woods (4 miles from Ypres); Germany eventually is able to break through, but Germany was not quick in action. This time delay allowed Britain time to scrounge together an army which although poorly trained, was able to drive Germany back
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Winter Weather makes combat confusing and relentless. Fighting eventually comes to a halt
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- Trenches at Ypres are called "The Salient" by British
- "one [a man] was not a soldier unless he had served on the Ypres front." - Private Donald Fraser
