Reims (France) -- History; World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Reims
10 Artillery duel; some shells 10 A. M.
11 Day calm; French artillery and German fire on aeros in afternoon.
12 Day calm; bombardment 11:40 P. M.
13 Bombardment 10 A. M.; cannonade at night.
14 Calm.
15 Calm.
16 Calm.
17 Bombardment in afternoon, 6 shells.
18 Bombardment 7 A. M.; cannonade at night.
19 Anniversary of cathedral fire in 1914; Way of the Cross by the
priests of Reims in the cathedral. French artillery 4 A. M., feeble
response; bombardment in morning and at 5 P. M., 1 wounded.
20 Bombardment 3 P. M.; cannonade at night.
21 Bombardment 9:30 to 10 A. M.; renewed 4 to 5 P. M.
22 Bombardment morning and afternoon, 30 shells.
23 Bombardment 3 to 5:30 P. M., 150 shells, 3 killed, several wounded.
24 Bombardment 4 to 5:30 P. M., 100 shells, 4 killed, 2 wounded.
25 Bombardment 10 A. M., 20 shells, 1 killed; renewed 3 P. M.; 100
shells for the day.
26 French artillery.
27 Artillery on left front; some shells on Reims 3 P. M.
28 2 or 3 shells on faubourgs; cannonade on front.
29 No shells on Reims; less cannonade.
30 Calm.
October, 1915
1 Calm.
2 Calm.
3 Artillery duel; some shells on faubourgs at night.
4 No report available.
5 Some shrapnel on faubourgs in afternoon.
6 Some shells; French artillery at night.
7 French artillery; no shells on Reims.
8 Calm.
9 Calm.
10 Some shrapnel in afternoon.
11 Calm.
12 Bombardment 10:30 A. M.; renewed 3 P. M.; again 4 P. M.; French aeros
over German lines.
13 Some shells in morning.
14 Bombardment 2:30 to 5 P. M.; French aeros.
15 Taube dropped bomb in afternoon; bombardment in evening.
16 Taube dropped bombs.
17 Calm in sector; 3 shells at night.
18 A few shells 5 P. M.
19 French artillery 5 A. M.; bombardment 8 to 11 A. M., 500 shells, some
wounded.
20 Bombardment 1:30 to 8 P. M., more than 200 shells and 100 shrapnel;
6 shells at night, 2 killed, 6 wounded.
21 Calm.
22 Some shells afternoon and night.
23 Calm.
24 Calm.
25 Calm.
26 Calm.
27 Calm.
28 1 shell 4:45 P. M.
29 Calm; complete stoppage of artillery on front.
30 Complete calm.
31 Incessant cannonade on front.
November, 1915
1 Calm.
2 Bombardment 11 A. M.; renewed 2 P. M.
3 Some shells morning and afternoon.
4 Calm.
5 Calm; cannonade on front.
6 Calm; cannonade on front.
7 Calm; a shell at night.
8 Calm.
9 Calm.
10 Calm; cannonade on front in afternoon.
11 Calm; cannonade on front in afternoon.
12 Calm.
13 1 bomb 4:30 P. M.
14 Calm; French artillery, no response.
15 Calm.
16 No shells; artillery on front all afternoon.
17 No shells; artillery on front in afternoon.
18 Calm.
19 Artillery action; some shells in morning.
20 Artillery; no shells on Reims.
21 Artillery all day; no shells on Reims.
22 Artillery in morning; fire on aeros in afternoon.
23 French artillery in afternoon.
24 Artillery action; 4 shells 2:15 P. M.
25 Calm.
26 Some shells.
27 Calm.
28 French artillery; no shells on Reims.
29 Artillery in afternoon.
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