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On November 10, this "lull" was broken by another large-scale German offensive against the BEF positions near Ypres, the brunt of the assault (delivered by ''Armeegruppe Fabeck'' and additional units from the Fourth and Sixth Armies) along a line extending from around Gheluvelt northward through a small patch of forest dubbed "Polygon Wood" by the British soldiers, to another small wooded area north of the Menin-Ypres road, known as ''Nonne Bosschen'' ("Nun's Wood" or "Nun's Copse"). By far the most serious fighting occurred on the 11th; massed rifle fire from the BEF defenders broke up German assaults in the Polygon Wood sector, but along the Menin road, the Prussian Guard and the German 4th Division advanced on the Hooge chateau, only two miles from Ypres, and were just barely driven back by hastily-armed service personnel from the rear and by fragments of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Though subjected to heavy artillery fire that day and the next, Allied soldiers nonetheless held the line once again, and by November 13, with rainy weather setting in and obstructing infantry advances, the German threat had been largely contained.

On November 10, this "lull" was broken by another large-scale German offensive against the BEF positions near Ypres, the brunt of the assault (delivered by ''Armeegruppe Fabeck'' and additional units from the Fourth and Sixth Armies) along a line extending from around Gheluvelt northward through a small patch of forest dubbed "Polygon Wood" by the British soldiers, to another small wooded area north of the Menin-Ypres road, known as ''Nonne Bosschen'' ("Nun's Wood" or "Nun's Copse"). By far the most serious fighting occurred on the 11th; massed rifle fire from the BEF defenders broke up German assaults in the Polygon Wood sector, but along the Menin road, the Prussian Guard and the German 4th Division advanced on the Hooge chateau, only two miles from Ypres, and were just barely driven back by hastily-armed service personnel from the rear and by fragments of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Though subjected to heavy artillery fire that day and the next, Allied soldiers nonetheless held the line once again, and by November 13, with rainy weather setting in and obstructing infantry advances, the German threat had been largely contained.

Over the next week, the intensity of the fighting receding once again, Foch and French reorganized the Allied defensive line, dividing it into distinct sectors. On November 17, the Fourth Army ceased its attacks, and several German units were shortly thereafter detached for service on the [[Eastern Front]]. Though skirmishing continued, as elsewhere along the front, the First Battle of Ypres is generally considered to have ended on November 22, when active operations on both sides terminated.<ref>Keegan, ''The First World War'', p. 135.</ref>

Over the next week, the intensity of the fighting receding once again, Foch and French reorganized the Allied defensive line, dividing it into distinct sectors. On November 17, the Fourth Army ceased its attacks, and several German units were shortly thereafter detached for service on the Eastern Front. Though skirmishing continued, as elsewhere along the front, the First Battle of Ypres is generally considered to have ended on November 22, when active operations on both sides terminated.<ref>Keegan, ''The First World War'', p. 135.</ref>

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