A supreme effort was made against the bridgehead, no less than fifteen assaults being delivered on the 24th.
The fierceness and horror of the struggle were indescribable, the men grappling with one another in pitch darkness.
However, the German furor spent itself against the heroism of the Belgian Infantry and French Marines who, for more than a week, remained in the breach day and night.
Dixmude remained inviolate.
Pontoon Bridge across the Yser.
The Inundations.
October 25 brought a pause in the German thrust, the enemy being visibly exhausted.
But the Belgian Army also was exhausted; many of their 75's were out of action through intensive firing; scarcely a hundred shells per gun remained. Would they be able to hold out against another desperate assault?