Reims (France) -- History; World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Reims
22 Bombardment 3:30 P. M.; cannonade at night.
23 3 Taube bombs 11 A. M., 2 wounded; Taube 2 P. M.; bombardment 4 to 5
P. M., 1 wounded.
24 Bombardment 2 P. M.; cannonade at night.
25 Bombardment to noon; renewed 2 P. M., 4 killed, 8 wounded; distant
cannonade at night.
26 Calm; violent cannonade at night.
27 Bombardment 9:15 A. M.
28 Tranquil. 127 persons wounded since September 4.
29 Bombardment 4 to 6 A. M., 50 shells; cannonade at night.
30 Bombardment 3 to 5:30 P. M., 50 to 60 shells, 1 killed, 2 wounded;
renewed 9:30 P. M. to 9 A. M.
31 Bombardment continued to 9 A. M., 60 to 70 shells, 2 killed, 2
wounded; renewed 4 to 5 P. M., 20 shells.
November, 1914
1 Taube dropped 2 bombs 10:30 A. M.; bombardment 11:30 A. M., 6 shells,
2 wounded; renewed 2:30 to 5 P. M.
2 Bombardment 9:30 to 11 A. M., 20 shells. Taube dropped bomb
2:10 P. M.; bombardment renewed 2:30 to 4:30 P. M., 70 shells.
3 Bombardment from 9:30 A. M.; renewed 4 to 6 P. M.; again at
8:45 P. M., 8 killed, 2 wounded.
4 Taube dropped 4 bombs 4 P. M.; bombardment, 30 shells, 2 wounded;
renewed 11 P. M.
5 Taube 7:30 A. M.; violent bombardment 2 to 6 P. M.; renewed 8 P. M.
to 5 A. M.; 300 shells, 9 killed, 15 wounded.
6 Bombardment continued to 5 A. M.; renewed 11 A. M.; again 10 P. M.;
2 shells.
7 Bombardment 8 P. M. to midnight.
8 Dr. Langlet, Mayor of Reims, decorated with Legion of Honour.
Bombardment 7 to 8:30 P. M.; 50 shells.
9 Calm.
10 Day calm; bombardment 10 to 11 P. M.; 20 shells.
11 Bombardment 8 to 9 A. M.; renewed 12 to 2:15 P. M.
12 Bombardment 1:30 to 5:30 P. M.; cathedral apse pinnacle demolished;
shrapnel fell within near high altar; renewed 8 P. M. to 5:10 A. M.;
400 shells for the day.
13 Bombardment continued to 5:10 A. M.; some shells in morning and at
2:30 P. M.
14 Taube 7 A. M.; bombardment 9 A. M., 2 shells; Taube dropped fusées
3 P. M.; cannonade at night.
15 Taube dropped bomb 8 A. M.
16 Some shells in morning and at 2 P. M.; heavy bombardment 8:30 P. M.
to 5 A. M.; apse chapel in St. Remi demolished.
17 Bombardment to 5 A. M.; renewed 2:30 P. M.; Taube dropped 2 bombs.
18 Taube dropped 2 bombs 7 A. M.; bombardment 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
19 Bombardment 3 A. M.; day somewhat calm.
20 Some shells on interdicted zone; bombardment 10 P. M. to 4:30 A. M.,
3 wounded.
21 Bombardment continued to 4:30 A. M.; renewed 2:30 P. M., 100 shells.
22 Heavy bombardment 9:30 A. M. to noon; renewed 2 to 5:30 P. M.;
2 shells on cathedral; 6 killed, 24 wounded; again 8 to 11 P. M.
23 Bombardment 8 A. M. to 6 P. M.; cannonade all night.
24 Bombardment 2:30 to 4:30 P. M., 50 shells.
25 Bombardment 6 A. M., 20 shells.
26 Bombardment 8 A. M. to 5:30 P. M., 28 killed, 23 wounded.
27 Bombardment from midnight; relatively calm to 2 P. M.; bombardment
renewed 2:15 to 6 P. M.; again 10 P. M. to 2 A. M.
28 Bombardment continued to 2 A. M.; renewed 3:30 A. M., 27 killed.
29 Calm.
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