April, 1917
Reading edition
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.
12 Bombardment day and night, particularly at 9 P. M.; perhaps 7000 or 8000 shells.
13 Bombardment diminished 7 A. M.; renewed for the day, 10 A. M.
14 Bombardment day and night, particularly from 5 P. M. to 5 A. M.
15 Bombardment day and night; St. André burned 4:30 P. M.; 15 shells on the cathedral.
16 Bombardment 2:30 to 5 P. M.
17 Bombardment day and night.
18 Bombardment 12:30 to 3 P. M.; French artillery from 4:30 P. M.; 80 fires in Reims from April 7 to April 18.
19 Bombardment from midnight to 3 A. M.; renewed 10:30 A. M. to 7:30 P. M., 25 shells on cathedral, north tower, vaults and transept injured; renewed 10 P. M. to 5 A. M., 600 shells. Cardinal Luçon issued protest against bombardment.
20 Bombardment continued to 5 A. M.; renewed 10 to 11 A. M., 50 shells; again 12 to 8:30 P. M., 300 shells, particularly violent 6 P. M.; 2 shells on cathedral.
21 Bombardment 3 to 6 A. M.; renewed 10:30 A. M.; again 1 P. M., Hôtel de Ville gravely injured; again 2:30 P. M.; again 6 to 8 P. M.; artillery at night. Cathedral injured, 8 shells.
22 Bombardment 9 A. M. to noon, 100 shells; renewed 2 to 6 P. M., 600 shells; cathedral injured, 3 shells; agitated night.
23 Bombardment 7:30 A. M. to 3 P. M.; renewed 6:30 P. M.; night calm; cathedral injured.
24 Cannonade from 4 A. M.; bombardment from 7:30 A. M., furious from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M., cathedral injured; few night shells.
25 Bombardment 9:30 A. M. to 7 P. M.; disturbed night.
26 Bombardment 1 A. M.; renewed 7:30 A. M. to 4 P. M.; again 7 P. M.; night calm.
27 Bombardment from 7:30 A. M.
28 Bombardment continued, particularly violent 12 to 3 P. M. and 7 to 8:20 P. M.; St. Thomas and St. André injured.
29 Bombardment all day.
30 Bombardment continued; perhaps 1200 shells.
L'Illustration
THE CATHEDRAL AFTER THE BOMBARDMENTS OF APRIL, 1917
THE APSE AND SOUTH TRANSEPT