Reims (France) -- History; World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Reims
27 Bombardment continued day and night.
28 Bombardment continued; 8 shells on the cathedral.
29 Bombardment continued day and night, 772 shells.
30 Day relatively calm; intense bombardment at night, 200 shells.
July, 1917
1 Bombardment continued, 200 shells.
2 Bombardment continued, more than 600 shells.
3 Bombardment continued, 1200 shells (120 from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M.;
400 from 2 to 5 P. M.; 20 from 7 to 8 P. M.; 600 from 9 P. M. to
2 A. M.).
4 Bombardment continued, 300 shells.
5 Bombardment continued, 800 shells (100 from 12 to 2 P. M.; 700 from
2 to 8:30 P. M.; 3 in the night).
6 Bombardment continued, 600 shells (350 from 6 A. M. to 2 P. M.;
50 from 3 to 4 P. M.; 200 after 4 P. M.).
7 Bombardment continued, 350 shells (250 from 4 to 9 A. M.; 15 from
9 to 10 A. M.; 1 at 6:45 P. M.; 100 from 11 P. M. to midnight).
8 Bombardment continued; 12 shells at 9 A. M.; 14 shells at 2 P. M.
9 Bombardment continued; 20 shells 2 to 5 A. M.; 90 at 8 A. M.; 25 from
9 A. M. to noon; 40 from 2 to 3 P. M.; 2 at 8 P. M.
10 Bombardment continued; 20 shells 4 to 5 P. M.; 60 at 8 P. M.; 55 in
the night.
11 Bombardment continued; 61 shells 9 to 11 A. M.; 12 at 7 P. M.
12 Bombardment continued, 1350 shells (30 from 7 to 10 A. M.; 1260 from
8 to 10 P. M.; 60 from 10 P. M. to 2 A. M.).
13 Bombardment continued, 2000 shells (250 from 7:30 to 11 A. M.; more
than 300 in the afternoon; 900 from 5 to 10 P. M.; more than 500 in
the night).
14 Bombardment continued, 2500 to 3000 shells (1650 from 5 A. M. to
1 P. M.; 700 from 2 to 10 P. M.; 13 in the night).
15 Bombardment continued, 800 shells (50 from 11 A. M. to noon; 700 from
12 to 1 P. M.; 50 in the night).
16 Bombardment continued, 2537 shells (50 at 6 A. M.; 250 from 8 A. M.
to 1 P. M.; 1231 from 2 to 7 P. M.; 30 from 8 to 10 P. M.).
17 Bombardment continued, but day relatively calm, 129 shells (4 at
11 A. M.; 125 at 7 P. M.).
18 Bombardment continued, 840 shells (160 at 7 P. M.; 580 from 9 P. M.
to 2 A. M.).
19 Bombardment continued, 80 shells.
20 Bombardment continued, 119 shells.
21 Bombardment continued, more than 900 shells (30 from 7 to 8 A. M.; 30
from 8:30 to 11 A. M.; 760 from 1 to 3 P. M.; 100 from 11 P. M.).
22 Bombardment continued, 828 shells (50 from 8 to 9 A. M.; 122 from
9 to 10:30 A. M.; 6 from 12 to 4 P. M.; 650 after 4 P. M.).
23 Bombardment continued, 1340 shells (400 from 8 A. M. to 1 P. M.;
650 from 2 to 4 P. M.; 290 after 9 P. M.).
24 Bombardment continued, 140 shells (40 at 10 A. M.; 65 at 3 P. M.;
35 at 9:30 P. M.).
25 Bombardment continued, 420 shells (200 from 6 to 11 A. M.; 220 at
9:30 P. M.).
26 Bombardment continued to 3 A. M., 443 shells; 286 shells in the day
(6 at 6 P. M., 280 at 10 P. M.).
27 Bombardment continued, 1201 shells (160 from 8 A. M. to noon;
120 from 4 to 5 P. M.; 100 at 8 P. M.; 821 after 11 P. M.).
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