Reims (France) -- History; World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Reims
9 Bombardment 5 P. M., 12 shells on faubourg; artillery duel 7 to
9 P. M.
10 French artillery on left 9 A. M.
11 Artillery in sector in morning.
12 Violent bombardment 9:30 to 11:30 A. M., 110 shells, 1 killed;
renewed in afternoon; French artillery on left at night.
13 Bombardment in morning, 12 shells; renewed 12:15 P. M., 6 shells,
6 wounded.
14 Bombardment on left 3:30 to 10 A. M.; renewed 10:30 A. M. to
12:30 P. M., more than 100 shells.
15 Calm.
16 Some shells on faubourgs.
17 Cannonade 10 A. M.; some shells.
18 Artillery in sector.
19 Artillery in sector.
20 Bombardment 2 to 3 P. M., 20 shells.
21 Taube dropped 7 bombs 9:30 A. M., 2 killed, 5 wounded; 2 shells in
afternoon; French artillery at night, no response.
22 French artillery from 4 P. M.
23 Day calm; 1 shell in evening.
24 Taube dropped bomb 11 A. M.; French artillery 4 to 5 P. M.
25 Violent cannonade and some bombs on extremities in afternoon.
26 Bombardment 9 to 11:30 A. M., 40 shells, 2 killed, 1 wounded; renewed
2 to 4 P. M., 6 shells.
27 Bombardment 11 A. M., 8 shells; renewed 3 to 5 P. M., 7 shells.
28 Bombardment 8 A. M., 12 shells; renewed 12:30 to 2:30 P. M., 32
shells; Taube 2 P. M.; renewed 4 to 5 P. M., 50 shells, 3 wounded.
29 10 shells on suburbs in morning; French artillery 6 P. M.
[Illustration: _From "La Cathédrale de Reims," Libraire Centrale des
Beaux-Arts, Paris._
THE WEST PORTALS]
March, 1916
1 Bombardment 9 A. M. to 2 P. M., 120 shells, 10 killed; renewed 8 to
9 P. M.
2 Bombardment 10 A. M. to 2 P. M., 5 killed, 4 wounded; renewed 7 to
9:30 P. M., 50 shells, 2 wounded.
3 French artillery 5 A. M.; bombardment 1:45 P. M.; renewed 6 to
8 P. M., 50 shells, 1 killed, 2 wounded.
4 Bombardment 5 A. M.; renewed on faubourgs 5:30 P. M.
5 Bombardment 11 A. M.; renewed 3 P. M.
6 Aerial bomb 9 A. M.; some shells 11 A. M.; French artillery in
afternoon.
7 Aerial activity; no shells on Reims.
8 Aerial activity and bombs, 2 wounded.
9 Aerial activity and bombs; artillery on front in evening.
10 Aerial activity.
11 Aerial activity; French artillery 9 A. M., feeble response.
12 Taube 9 A. M.; bombardment 5 to 6 P. M., 50 shells, several wounded.
13 Aerial activity from 8 A. M.; bombardment 4 P. M.
14 Aerial combat 10 A. M.; no shells on Reims.
15 Calm; some shells on faubourgs.
16 Aerial shell 5:15 A. M.; bombardment in morning, 15 shells; French
artillery in evening.
17 Bombardment 1:30 to 3:30 P. M.; renewed 4 to 6:30 P. M., 200 shells,
some wounded.
18 Artillery 2:30 and 5 A. M.; Taube 7 A. M.; aerial activity in
morning; artillery duel in afternoon; cannonade 11 P. M.
19 Artillery and aerial activity.
20 Calm.
21 Calm; short artillery action in morning.
22 Feeble cannonade in morning; no shells on Reims.
23 Calm; French artillery in sector 11 to 12 P. M.
24 Calm.
25 2 aerial bombs 4 P. M.
26 Calm.
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