Reims (France) -- History; World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Reims
29 Bombardment 3 to 4:30 P. M.; renewed 8 P. M.
30 Bombardment in morning; renewed 5 P. M.
31 Bombardment 6 A. M.
February, 1915
1 Calm.
2 Calm.
3 Bombardment of vacant land in morning; renewed 2 P. M.; again 6 P. M.
4 Bombardment 11:30 A. M. to 1 P. M.; renewed at night.
5 Bombardment in evening.
6 Copious bombardment.
7 Calm.
8 Some small calibre shells in morning.
9 Bombardment 12:15 P. M.; renewed 3 P. M., 1 killed, 3 wounded.
10 Some shells.
11 Calm.
12 Bombardment 1 P. M.
13 Bombardment 11 A. M.
14 Bombardment in morning.
15 Calm.
16 Bombardment 5 P. M.
17 Bombardment in afternoon, 1 killed, 3 wounded.
18 Bombardment 11 A. M. and in afternoon, 9 killed, several wounded.
19 Bombardment 9 A. M.
20 Bombardment 9 P. M.
21 Bombardment 2:30 P. M.; ferociously renewed 9 P. M. to 2:30 A. M.
22 Bombardment continued to 2:30 A. M., 2000 shells, many killed and
wounded; renewed in day, 4 killed.
23 Bombardment continued.
24 Bombardment 10:15 A. M.; renewed 7 P. M.; Taube dropped bomb.
25 Bombardment from 7 A. M.
26 Bombardment from 9 A. M.; renewed 1 to 5 P. M.; 2 shells on
cathedral.
27 Bombardment from 6 A. M.; renewed in afternoon.
28 Bombardment in morning.
March, 1915
1 Day calm; bombardment at night; several killed and wounded.
2 Bombardment 12 to 5 P. M.; renewed 9:30 P. M., 2 wounded.
3 Bombardment morning and afternoon, 4 killed, 14 wounded.
4 Bombardment 11 A. M. to 1:30 P. M., 1 killed, 6 wounded; renewed 2 to
5:30 P. M., 3 killed, 2 wounded.
5 Bombardment 9 A. M. to 2 P. M., 1 killed, 2 wounded; renewed 4 P. M.;
again 8 to 9:30 P. M., 1 killed, 4 wounded.
6 Bombardment in morning, 3 wounded.
7 Bombardment most of the day.
8 Bombardment continued, and at night.
9 Bombardment continued, 8 wounded; renewed 8 P. M. to 4 A. M.
10 Bombardment continued to 4 A. M., 1 killed, 1 wounded; renewed
5 P. M.; again from 7:30 P. M.
11 Bombardment 5:30 P. M.; renewed 8 P. M.
12 Day calm; bombardment from 7:30 P. M., 1 wounded.
13 Bombardment 10 A. M., 2 victims; renewed 8 P. M. to 4 A. M.; Taube in
afternoon.
14 Bombardment continued to 4 A. M.; renewed in day, 4 wounded.
15 Bombardment 4 A. M.; renewed 9 A. M.; again 5 to 6 P. M., 4 wounded.
16 Calm; some shells at night.
17 Bombardment 2:15 to 4 P. M.
18 Day relatively calm; some shells.
19 Moderate bombardment; some shells 5 P. M.
20 Unimportant bombardment in afternoon.
21 Bombardment 4 A. M.; Taubes dropped bombs in morning; some shells in
evening.
22 Day relatively calm; some shells 6 P. M.
23 Bombardment 11 A. M. to noon.
24 Bombardment in morning; renewed 2 to 4 P. M., again 10 P. M.
25 Bombardment afternoon and night.
26 Intermittent bombardment.
27 Bombardment morning and afternoon.
28 Bombardment morning and afternoon; Taube dropped bomb on cathedral
apse.
29 Bombardment continued.
30 Taube dropped 3 bombs 7 A. M.
31 Almost complete calm.
April, 1915
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