December, 1915
Reading edition
1 Bombardment in morning.
2 Artillery action; some shrapnel.
3 Bombardment in morning, 1 killed.
4 Bombardment 8:30 A. M. to 1:30 P. M., 50 shells.
5 Some shells day and night.
6 Calm.
7 Some shrapnel in morning.
8 Calm; 1 shell 9:30 A. M.
9 French artillery 4 P. M.; no response.
10 Calm.
11 French artillery 12:30 P. M.; German response 4:30 P. M.; no shells on Reims.
12 Artillery duel 3:30 P. M.
13 Cannonade 7 A. M.; renewed 10:30 A. M.
14 Calm; French aero over German lines 2:30 P. M.
15 Cannonade 6:30 to 8 A. M.
16 Calm.
17 Short violent cannonade at noon.
18 French artillery all day; no shells on Reims.
19 15 shells on faubourgs in afternoon; intermittent cannonade at night.
20 Bombardment 10 A. M.; renewed in afternoon, 1 wounded.
21 1 shell in afternoon.
22 Calm; French artillery at long intervals.
23 Calm.
24 Calm.
25 Christmas Day. Bombardment 2 to 3 P. M., 400 shells.
26 Reciprocal cannonade.
27 Heavy bombardment from 9 A. M., 2 killed, 14 wounded.
28 Artillery duel 9:30 A. M.
29 Cannonade 9 A. M.; 1 shell 11 A. M.; renewed in afternoon, again at 9 P. M.; again at 11 P. M.
30 Intense cannonade in Reims sector in afternoon.
31 Calm; Taube 2:30 P. M.