Reims (France) -- History; World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Reims
12 1 shell in morning; bombardment of observation balloon,
5 to 6 P. M., 25 shells.
13 1 shell 9 A. M.
14 Complete calm.
15 Short bombardment 3 P. M.; some shells at night.
16 Taube early morning; bombardment 11 A. M. to noon, 100 shells;
renewed 5 to 7 P. M., 4 killed, 10 wounded.
17 Aerial combat 8 A. M.; bombardment 12:30 to 2:30 P. M., 120 shells,
8 killed, 10 wounded; renewed 4 to 6 P. M.
18 Bombardment 2 A. M.; 2 Taube bombs; renewed 9 to 11 A. M., more than
200 shells; French artillery at night.
19 Bombardment in afternoon, 50 shells.
20 Bombardment 2:15 to 2:30 P. M., 15 shells, 1 killed; renewed at
midnight, 20 shells.
21 Bombardment 12:30 A. M., 1 shell; renewed 11 A. M. to noon, 20
shells; again 2 to 3 P. M., 32 shells; again 5 P. M., 6 shells.
22 Bombardment 3 A. M.; Taube 6 A. M.; bombardment renewed 2 to 3 P. M.,
32 shells; again 5:30 P. M., 6 shells; artillery at night.
23 Day calm; bombardment 9:30 P. M., 12 shells, 2 killed.
24 Bombardment 1:30 to 5 P. M., 1 killed, 11 wounded.
25 Intermittent bombardment from 1:30 P. M.
26 Bombardment in afternoon.
27 Some shells in afternoon.
28 Bombardment 9 A. M.; renewed 2 P. M.
29 Artillery duel; some shells in morning.
30 Calm.
31 Day calm; some shells 8:30 and 11:30 P. M.
June, 1916
1 Taube at dawn; bombardment 6:30 to 9 A. M., 5 shells; renewed 10 to
11 A. M., 8 shells; again 3:30 to 4 P. M., 15 shells; again 10 P. M.,
3 shells, 1 wounded.
2 Bombardment 6 to 7:30 A. M., 25 shells; renewed 11 A. M.; again
3 P. M.
3 Bombardment 6 to 7 P. M., 100 shells; renewed 9 to 10 P. M.,
11 shells.
4 Bombardment 8:30 to 9 P. M.
5 Bombardment 9:30 A. M., 7 shells; renewed 3 P. M., 5 shells.
6 Bombardment 9 to 10 A. M., 20 shells; renewed 5 P. M., 3 shells.
7 Bombardment 9 to 10 A. M., 12 shells; renewed at noon, 3 shells; again
8 P. M., 4 shells on vacant land.
8 1 shell 9 A. M.; 1 shell 5 P. M.
9 Bombardment 8 to 9 A. M.; renewed in afternoon, 8 shells; again
10 P. M.
10 Bombardment 7:30 to 9 A. M., 6 shells.
11 Bombardment 9 to 10 A. M.
12 Calm.
13 1 shell; artillery on front.
14 Some shells in afternoon.
15 Calm.
16 Calm.
17 Taube 5 A. M.; bombardment 8:43 to 11 A. M., 7 shells; renewed 1 to
1:30 P. M., 3 shells; French artillery 4 P. M.
18 No shells.
19 Bombardment 9 to 11 A. M. on faubourgs; aerial combat in afternoon,
4 shells fell into Reims.
20 Aerial fire 6:30 P. M.; artillery on front at night.
21 Anti-aerial shell fell back 6:15 A. M.
22 Artillery on front; bombardment 3 to 4 P. M., 24 shells; aerial shell
fell back 6:30 P. M.
23 Bombardment 9:30 to 10 P. M., 41 shells.
24 Bombardment 3:30 to 5 P. M., 50 shells.
25 French artillery 4 P. M., no response.
26 Calm.
27 French artillery, no response.
28 Bombardment 2 to 2:30 P. M., 5 shells; French artillery at night.
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