Reims (France) -- History; World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Reims
1 Taube dropped 4 bombs 7 A. M.; bombardment in afternoon.
2 Taube dropped bombs 6 A. M.
3 Unimportant bombardment.
4 Easter Day. Nothing to note.
5 Bombardment on vacant land.
6 Nothing to note.
7 Nothing to note.
8 Intense bombardment 9 P. M. to 2 A. M.
9 Bombardment continued to 2 A. M.; no shells in the day.
10 Nothing to note.
11 Unimportant bombardment.
12 No report available.
13 Almost calm; some incendiary bombs 4 P. M.; shells 9 P. M.
14 No report available.
15 Taube dropped 4 bombs 7 A. M.
16 Taube 6 A. M.; bombardment 4:30 to 6:30 P. M.
17 Bombardment continued.
18 Taube dropped 3 bombs 5:30 A. M.; bombardment 5 P. M.
19 Some incendiary bombs 3 P. M.
20 Incendiary bombs 5 A. M.; bombardment continued through day.
21 Bombardment 5 to 7 P. M.; renewed at night.
22 Incendiary bombs 10 A. M.; bombardment in afternoon.
23 Calm.
24 Bombardment 9:30 A. M.; afternoon and night calm.
25 Bombardment 11:30 A. M.; renewed 4 P. M.
26 Some shells in morning.
27 Calm.
28 Bombardment 10:30 A. M.; renewed 4 to 5 P. M.; again 7 to 11 P. M.
29 Taubes in morning; bombardment in afternoon.
30 Bombardment 7:30 A. M., 20 shells; violent bombardment 5 to 7 P. M.
May, 1915
1 Taube 4:30 A. M.; bombardment morning and afternoon.
2 Bombardment in morning.
3 Bombardment 7 A. M.
4 Bombardment 7 A. M.; renewed 5 to 6 P. M.
5 Bombardment 10 A. M.
6 Bombardment 9 A. M.; renewed 3 to 5 P. M.
7 Bombardment 6:30 A. M.
8 Bombardment 9:30 A. M.
9 Bombardment in morning.
10 Taubes dropped 2 bombs 5:30 A. M.; rifle fire at night.
11 Bombardment morning and afternoon.
12 Bombardment in morning.
13 Infantry fire on French lines at night.
14 Bombardment in morning.
15 Taubes and bombardment in morning.
16 More intense bombardment.
17 Calm.
18 Calm.
19 Calm.
20 Bombardment in morning, 2 or 3 shells.
21 Bombardment 9 P. M.
22 Bombardment at noon, 20 shells.
23 Calm; a few shells at midnight.
24 General calm.
25 Bombardment at night.
26 Calm.
27 Calm.
28 Bombardment in afternoon.
29 No shells; some rifle shots in sector at night.
30 Bombardment in day.
31 Taube; bombardment in afternoon.
June, 1915
1 Bombardment 9 A. M. to noon.
2 Day calm; Germans bombard French aeros 7 A. M.
3 Bombardment 9 to 11 A. M.; renewed 5 to 6:30 P. M.
4 Bombardment 5 to 6 P. M.
5 Tranquil.
6 Brief bombardment.
7 Violent artillery combat on front, 1 to 4 A. M., 6 shells on Reims.
8 Calm.
9 Calm.
10 Bombardment in afternoon.
11 Nothing to note.
12 Nothing to note; violent artillery fire on front east of Reims at
night.
13 Nothing to note.
14 No report available.
15 Bombardment, 2 or 3 shells; renewed 11 to 11:30 P. M., 80 shells,
some on cathedral.
16 No report available.
17 Bombardment 10 A. M., 3 or 4 shells.
18 Calm.
19 Bombardment in afternoon.
20 German fire on French aeros.
21 Nothing to note.
22 Nothing to note.
23 Nothing to note.
24 Nothing to note.
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