Reims (France) -- History; World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Reims
11 Bombardment 11:30 A. M., 2 shells; renewed 2:30 P. M., 2 shells;
distant artillery at night.
12 Bombardment 10:30 to 11:30 A. M., 15 shells; agitated night.
13 Bombardment 1 to 7:30 A. M., 200 shells; renewed 5 to 6 P. M.,
20 shells.
14 Bombardment 9 to 10 A. M., 12 shells; renewed 1:15 to 2 P. M.,
19 shells; again 6 P. M., 5 shells.
15 Bombardment 12 to 3 P. M.; renewed 5:30 to 7 P. M., 50 shells.
16 Bombardment in morning; renewed 1 P. M., 12 shells; again
4:30 P. M., 20 shells; again 6 P. M., 12 shells.
17 Bombardment 4:30 to 5:30 A. M., 541 shells; renewed 1 P. M.,
3 shells; agitated night.
18 Bombardment 8:10 A. M., 12 shells; renewed 10:30 A. M., 9 shells;
occasional shells in afternoon and evening.
19 Bombardment 9 to 10 A. M., 180 shells; renewed 6 P. M., 27 shells.
20 Distant shells all morning; bombardment 2:10 to 5:45 P. M.,
41 shells; renewed 7 P. M. to 5 A. M., 120 shells.
21 Bombardment continued to 5 A. M.; renewed 10 to 11 A. M., 18 shells;
renewed 2:30 P. M., 4 shells.
22 Bombardment 12:30 P. M., 4 shells; boisterous night.
23 Bombardment 10 A. M. to 2 P. M., 82 shells; boisterous night.
24 Bombardment 9 A. M. to noon, 234 shells; 12 shells in afternoon.
25 Bombardment 8 A. M. to 2 P. M., 453 shells; renewed 2:30 P. M.,
26 shells.
26 Bombardment 1:30 A. M., 39 shells; some shells in afternoon.
27 Bombardment 3 to 4 A. M.; renewed 8 A. M. to noon and at night.
28 Bombardment 10 A. M. to noon, 401 shells; renewed 2 to 5:30 P. M.,
181 shells.
29 Bombardment 1:45 to 2 P. M., 9 shells; renewed 4:45 to 5:15 P. M.,
4 shells; again 5:40 P. M., 2 shells; again 8 to 9 P. M., 37 shells.
30 Bombardment 12:30 A. M., 2 shells; renewed 2 A. M., 8 shells; again
9 A. M. to 1:50 P. M., 56 shells; again 3 to 6 P. M., 160 shells.
31 Bombardment from midnight to 5:30 A. M., 29 shells; renewed 8:30 to
10:30 A. M., 45 shells; again 3 to 6 P. M., 32 shells; again 7 to
7:30 P. M., 6 shells.
April, 1917
1 Bombardment 4:30 to 5:30 A. M., 684 shells; renewed from 9 A. M.,
2048 shells; total for the day, 2732 shells.
2 Bombardment from 8 A. M., 2259 shells; some shells at night.
3 Bombardment 9 A. M. to 8:30 P. M., 1744 shells.
4 Bombardment all day, particularly violent 4:30 to 8 P. M.,
2123 shells; some shells 9 P. M.
5 Bombardment in morning, 10 shells; renewed in afternoon to
5:30 A. M., 795 shells.
6 Bombardment continued to 5:30 A. M.; renewed 4 to 8 P. M., and again
in night.
7 Bombardment to 8 P. M., 8785 shells for April 6 and 7. Grand
Séminaire burned 4 P. M.
8 Easter Day. Bombardment 2:30 to 9 P. M., particularly violent
5:30 P. M.
9 Bombardment from 4:30 A. M.; particularly violent 2 to 4 P. M. and at
7 P. M.; continued during part of the night; evacuation of civil
population ordered.
10 Bombardment in afternoon; particularly violent 4 to 9 P. M.;
continued in night.
11 Bombardment day and night.
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