Reims (France) -- History; World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Reims
25 Nothing to note; French artillery at night; no response.
26 Nothing to note; French artillery in day; no response.
27 Bombardment from 6:15 A. M.
28 Nothing to note.
29 Bombardment in morning.
30 Bombardment in afternoon.
July, 1915
1 Bombardment in morning; renewed 5:30 P. M.
2 Calm.
3 German fire on French aeros in morning; bombardment 9 to 9:30 P. M.
4 Bombardment 3 to 6 P. M.
5 Bombardment 4:30 P. M.
6 Nothing to note.
7 Nothing to note.
8 Nothing to note.
9 Nothing to note.
10 Nothing to note.
11 Bombardment 10 A. M. to 2 P. M.
12 Nothing to note.
13 Nothing to note.
14 Bombardment 2 P. M.
15 Calm.
16 Calm.
17 Bombardment 10 A. M. to noon, 20 shells, 1 killed, 1 wounded.
18 Copious bombardment.
19 Bombardment 3:30 A. M.; renewed 9 A. M.; again 4 P. M.
20 Taube 5 A. M.; bombardment 11 A. M. to 12:15 P. M.
21 Taube 7 A. M., 1 shell; aeros at night.
22 Calm; artillery on front at night.
23 Bombardment 11:30 A. M.; renewed 6:45 P. M.; again 11 to 11:20 P. M.
24 Bombardment 9:30 to 10:15 A. M.; renewed at night, 12 shells.
25 Calm.
26 Calm; violent cannonade at night.
27 Bombardment 5:30 P. M.
28 Bombardment in morning.
29 Bombardment 8 A. M.; renewed at night.
30 Bombardment 6 P. M., 12 shells; artillery on all fronts at night.
31 Some shells in day.
August, 1915
1 No report available.
2 Bombardment 9:30 A. M., 2 bombs on faubourgs; renewed 5 P. M.
3 Nothing to note.
4 Nothing to note.
5 Some shells 5:30 P. M.
6 French aviator violently cannonaded.
7 Nothing to note; violent cannonade around Reims at night.
8 Cannonade around Reims in day; some shells 5:15 P. M.; incendiary
bombs at night.
9 Cannonade on front at night.
10 Unimportant bombardment.
11 No report available.
12 No shells on Reims; artillery actions on near-by places.
13 Calm.
14 Calm.
15 No report available.
16 Calm.
17 Some shells in afternoon.
18 Bombardment from 10:40 A. M.; some victims.
19 Bombardment 2 to 3:30 P. M.; some killed and wounded.
20 Bombardment 2 to 3:30 P. M.; some victims.
21 Some shells 10 A. M.; heavy bombardment 2 to 3:30 P. M., some
victims.
22 Some shells in morning; bombardment 2 to 3:30 P. M.
23 Calm; fire on Taube.
24 Fire on Taube; some shells 5 P. M.
25 Taube dropped 3 bombs 5:20 P. M., 1 killed; bombardment 6 to
7:10 P. M., 150 shells, 1 killed, 4 wounded.
26 Calm.
27 Bombardment 4:30 P. M.
28 Calm.
29 Bombardment 2:45 P. M.; renewed 5 P. M., 1 killed; cannonade at
night.
30 Calm.
31 Bombardment 7:30 A. M.; rest of day calm.
September, 1915
1 Bombardment 11 A. M. to noon, 1 wounded; renewed 1 to 1:30 P. M.,
2 wounded; 100 shells for the day.
2 Bombardment 10 to 10:15 A. M.
3 Bombardment 10 A. M.; renewed 3:15 P. M.
4 Anniversary of first bombardment. Bombardment 4 A. M., 20 shells;
renewed 5 P. M.
5 Calm.
6 Calm.
7 Calm.
8 Calm.
9 No shells; French cannonade morning and afternoon.
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