Reims (France) -- History; World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Reims
16 Some artillery; continued in night.
17 Nothing to note.
18 Nothing to note.
19 Nothing to note.
20 Nothing to note.
21 Bombardment 12:30 to 3 P. M., 15 shells; renewed 3 to 4 P. M.,
24 shells.
22 Bombardment 5:30 to 6 P. M., 8 shells.
23 Bombardment 7 A. M., 1 shell; renewed 10:30 to 11:45 A. M., 10
shells; again 4:30 P. M., 1 shell; again 5 to 6:30 P. M., 10 shells.
24 Bombardment 9 A. M. to noon, 26 shells; renewed 12:30 to 2 P. M.,
19 shells; again 2 to 4:30 P. M., 13 shells; again 7 to 8 P. M.,
14 shells.
25 Various bombardments in day; 10 shells, 5 to 6 P. M.
26 Relatively calm; some shells.
27 Kaiser's birthday. Bombardment 11 A. M. to 5 P. M., 77 shells;
renewed 9 P. M.
28 Bombardment 12 to 5 P. M., 24 shells; renewed 9 to 9:45 P. M.,
10 shells.
29 Bombardment 10:30 A. M. to 12:30 P. M., 4 shells; renewed 3 to
4 P. M., 4 shells; again 10 P. M. to 3 A. M.
30 Bombardment continued to 3 A. M.; intermittent bombardment in
afternoon.
31 Bombardment 4 to 6 P. M., 82 shells.
February, 1917
1 Nothing to note.
2 Absolute calm.
3 Nothing to note.
4 Nothing to note.
5 Some shells at end of day.
6 Intermittent bombardment all day; 16 shells 4:30 to 5:30 P. M.
7 Bombardment 10 to 11 A. M., 14 shells; renewed 3 to 5 P. M., 12
shells.
8 Bombardment 4 P. M., 13 shells; renewed 8 to 8:30 P. M., 16 shells.
9 Bombardment 9:30 A. M.; renewed 1 to 5 P. M., 57 shells.
10 Nothing to note.
11 Bombardment 4:30 to 5 P. M., 2 shells.
12 Bombardment 3:15 to 3:45 P. M., 5 shells.
13 Bombardment 11:30 A. M. to 3:30 A. M., 117 shells.
14 Bombardment continued to 3:30 A. M.; day calm; renewed 9:30 P. M.
15 Bombardment 10 A. M. to noon, 8 shells; renewed 12 to 3 P. M.,
8 shells; again 5 to 6 P. M., 64 shells; again 8 P. M., 1 shell.
16 Nothing to note.
17 Nothing to note.
18 Some shells in early morning.
19 Calm.
20 Calm.
21 Calm.
22 1 shell in afternoon.
23 Nothing to note.
24 Bombardment 7:30 to 10 P. M., 13 shells; renewed 10:30 P. M. to
2 A. M., 25 shells.
25 Bombardment continued to 2 A. M.; renewed at noon, 3 or 4 shells;
again 9 P. M., 3 shells.
26 Bombardment 5:30 P. M., 3 shells; renewed 9:30 P. M. to 5:30 A. M.,
20 shells.
27 Bombardment continued to 5:30 A. M.; renewed 9 A. M., 5 shells;
distant artillery afternoon and night.
28 Bombardment 3 A. M., 5 shells; renewed 5:30 P. M., 5 shells; 3 shells
in night.
March, 1917
1 Bombardment 1:30 to 4:30 P. M., 20 shells.
2 Relatively calm; some distant shells.
3 Bombardment 3:30 P. M., 2 shells and distant projectiles.
4 Bombardment 5 to 6:30 P. M., 18 shells.
5 Bombardment 4:30 to 6 A. M., 6 shells; renewed 11:30 A. M., 1 shell.
6 Bombardment 11:30 A. M., 4 shells; renewed 3:45 P. M., 1 shell; again
8:30 P. M., 1 shell.
7 Day relatively calm; some shells at night.
8 Distant shells 12:30 P. M.
9 Distant artillery.
10 Some distant shells at night.
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