Reims (France) -- History; World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Reims
12 German troops evacuate Reims in afternoon; French officers appear
6:30 P. M.
13 French troops re-enter Reims 6 A. M.; Taube 5 P. M.; last vespers in
the cathedral (in chapel of the Cardinal): Te Deum for Benedict XV.
14 Cannonade from 5 A. M.; bombardment 9:45 A. M. to 12:15 P. M.;
renewed 1 to 3:30 P. M.; 59 killed, many wounded; cannonade all night.
15 Taubes 5 A. M.; bombardment 9:30 to 11 A. M.; renewed 4 P. M., 13
killed.
16 Bombardment 3:30 A. M. to 6:30 P. M., 30 killed.
17 Bombardment from 9 A. M.; renewed 2:30 to 4 P. M., 3 shells on
cathedral.
18 Cannonade from 2 A. M.; bombardment from 8:15 A. M., 13 shells on
cathedral, 37 killed; Sous-Préfecture burned.
19 Bombardment 7:45 A. M. to 4 P. M., 16 shells on cathedral; cathedral
took fire from incendiary bomb 2:30 P. M.; cathedral and
Archiepiscopal Palace burned; 32 killed; artillery all night.
20 Bombardment 9:30 to 11 A. M.; renewed 3:30 to 4:30 P. M.
21 Calm; artillery at night.
22 Bombardment 12 to 3:30 P. M., 7 killed, Cardinal Luçon returned to
Reims from Conclave at Rome.
23 Taube 6 A. M.; bombardment 3 to 5 P. M.
24 Taube 6 A. M.; bombardment 9:30 to 11 A. M.; renewed 3 to 5 P. M.;
bomb struck cathedral and Civil Hospital; 10 killed; cannonade all
night.
25 Trenches bombarded in morning; Reims bombarded 3 to 5 P. M.; bomb
struck St. Remi, 1 killed; cannonade all night.
26 Bombardment 11:45 A. M. to 12:15 P. M., 13 killed; renewed 3:30 to
4:30 P. M., 17 killed.
27 Bombardment 3:30 P. M.; cannonade at night.
28 Bombardment 2:30 P. M.; cannonade at night.
29 Bombardment 9:30 to 10:30 A. M.; renewed 4 to 6 P. M.; again 9 P. M.
to 6 A. M., 3 killed, many wounded.
30 Bombardment continued to 6 A. M.; renewed 8 A. M. and 4:30 P. M.
October, 1914
1 Some shells 9 A. M.; 2 aerial bombs 5:15 P. M.; cannonade at night.
2 Bombardment 4:30 P. M., 2 shells, 3 killed.
3 Bombardment 10:30 A. M. to 3 P. M., 1 killed, 5 or 6 wounded.
4 Bombardment 9 A. M.; renewed 12 to 1 P. M., 50 shells.
5 Aerial combat; bombardment 9 to 11 A. M., 7 killed, 7 wounded;
renewed 3 P. M. to 10 A. M.
6 Bombardment continued to 10 A. M., 200 shells; 3 spies shot 5 A. M.
7 Bombardment 12:05 to 2 P. M., 50 shells, 2 killed, 2 wounded; renewed
8 P. M.
8 1 shell in morning; bombardment 3:30 P. M., 15 shells, 1 killed, 1
wounded.
9 Bombardment at night, 20 shells to 5 A. M.
10 Bombardment continued to 5 A. M. Taube 11 A. M.
11 Calm.
12 Bombardment 2 to 5 P. M., 3 shells on cathedral 3 P. M., 2 killed, 2
wounded.
13 Bombardment from 2 A. M., 1 shell on cathedral 3 A. M.; renewed 9:30
to 11 A. M., 2 wounded. Taube dropped bomb 2:30 P. M.; bombardment
renewed; violent artillery around Reims at night.
14 Bombardment 2 to 3:30 P. M., 4 wounded, artillery at night.
15 Calm.
16 Bombardment 3:30 to 5 P. M., 2 wounded.
17 Calm.
18 Calm.
19 Calm.
20 Calm.
21 Bombardment 2 to 5:30 P. M., 1 wounded.
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