26 Relatively calm. 27 Heavy bombardment 6:45 A. M. to 5 P. M., about 1200 shells. 28 Bombardment 3 to 5 P. M., 13 shells. 29 Calm. 30 French artillery in morning, no response. 31 Some shells in morning. November, 1916 1 Bombardment 2:45 to 3:45 P. M., 7 shells; renewed 4 to 5 P. M., 12 shells. 2 Calm. 3 Morning calm; anti-aerial fire in afternoon. 4 French artillery 8 A. M.; bombardment 9:45 to 11 A. M., 28 shells; violently renewed 2 to 4:30 P. M., 600 shells. 5 Artillery in sector. 6 Bombardment 3:10 to 5:30 P. M., 100 shells. 7 Bombardment 6:30 to 7:30 A. M., 36 shells; renewed 11 to 11:30 A. M., 67 shells. 8 Bombardment 7:30 P. M., 6 shells. 9 Nothing to note. 10 Aviation 10 A. M.; French artillery in afternoon. 11 Taube 11 A. M.; French artillery in afternoon. 12 Nothing to note. 13 Nothing to note. 14 Bombardment 11 to 11:30 A. M., 12 shells; renewed 12:30 to 1 P. M., 12 shells; French artillery 8:30 to 10 P. M. 15 Taube; bombardment 2 to 4 P. M., 14 shells; renewed 5 to 6:30 P. M., 12 shells; again 7 P. M. 16 Taube; light bombardment 11 A. M.; renewed 5 to 6:15 P. M., 12 shells. 17 Bombardment 3 P. M., 12 shells. 18 Calm. 19 Bombardment 3:30 to 4 P. M., 7 shells. 20 Nothing to note. 21 Nothing to note. 22 Nothing to note. 23 Nothing to note. 24 Aerial activity. 25 Nothing to note. 26 Nothing to note. 27 Nothing to note. 28 Nothing to note. 29 Bombardment of fields near Reims 10 A. M. 30 Short artillery duel in morning. December, 1916 1 Calm. 2 4 shells in morning. 3 Nothing to note. 4 Nothing to note. 5 Nothing to note. 6 Calm. 7 Complete calm. 8 Complete calm. 9 Some shells morning and afternoon. 10 Bombardment 1 to 2 P. M., 15 shells. 11 Bombardment morning and afternoon. 12 Complete calm. 13 Bombardment 9 to 9:45 A. M.; renewed 1 to 2 P. M.; 9 shells. 14 Bombardment 1 to 4 P. M., 32 shells. 15 Bombardment 10 A. M. to 12:30 P. M., 36 shells. 16 Nothing to note. 17 Nothing to note. 18 Bombardment at intervals. 19 Bombardment in afternoon to 11:30 P. M., 39 shells. 20 Some shells in afternoon. 21 Calm. 22 Calm. 23 Calm. 24 Cannonade in afternoon. 25 Christmas Day; nothing to note. 26 Artillery in afternoon. 27 Bombardment 8:30 to 11:30 A. M., 50 shells; renewed 5:30 to 8 P. M., 6 shells. 28 Calm. 29 Calm. 30 Violent cannonade in sector all day and greater part of night; no shells on Reims. 31 No shells. 1917 January, 1917 1 Day calm; 1 shell at night. 2 Bombardment 1 to 3 P. M., 19 shells. 3 Bombardment 11 A. M., 2 shells; artillery at night. 4 Some shells. 5 Some shells. 6 Calm. 7 Calm. 8 Nothing to note. 9 Bombardment 5 to 5:30 P. M., 16 shells. 10 Almost complete silence. 11 Nothing to note. 12 Calm. 13 Calm. 14 Bombardment 12:15 to 1 P. M., 12 shells; heavy cannonade on front to next morning. 15 Intermittent artillery in day; more active at night.