The Bombardment of Reims. Ferree Barr
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.
2 °Calm.
21 Bombardment 2 to 5:30 P. M., 1 wounded.
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.
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.
30 Bombardment 10:30 A. M. to noon.
1 Intermittent bombardment.
2 Bombardment 10 A. M.
3 Bombardment 9 A. M., 2 or 3 shells.
4 Taube 11:30 A. M.; bombardment 1:30 to 8 P. M.
5 Bombardment 3:30 A. M. to noon.
6 Taube dropped 3 bombs 11 A. M.
7 Bombardment 5 to 6 P. M., 40 shells.
8 Bombardment 1 to 3 P. M., 50 shells.
9 Bombardment in afternoon, 12 shells; renewed in evening, 6 shells.
10 Shrapnel morning and afternoon.
11 Bombardment in morning, 4 shells; renewed 5:30 to 6:30 P. M.
12 Bombardment on vacant land, 10 A. M., 14 shells.
13 Bombardment 9:30 to 11 A. M., 50 shells. President Poincaré visited Reims.
14 Bombardment in morning; renewed in evening, 20 shells.
15 Bombardment 10 A. M.; renewed 4 P. M., 30 shells.
16 Bombardment 5:30 to 6 P. M., 8 shells; renewed 9 P. M.
17 Taube dropped bomb 9 A. M.; bombardment 11:10 A. M. to dawn, more than 200 shells at night, 2 killed, 9 wounded.
18 Bombardment continued to dawn; renewed morning and afternoon.
19 Bombardment 11 A. M. to 12:30 P. M., 13 wounded.
20 Bombardment 6 P. M., 50 shells.
21 Bombardment 11 A. M., 50 shells; Taube 4 P. M.
22 2 Taubes 3 P. M.; bombardment 3:30 P. M., 30 shells; artillery in evening to 9:30 P. M.
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