February, 1916
Reading edition
1 Taubes; artillery duel to right and left.
2 Bombardment from 2:30 P. M., 250 shells.
3 Aeros; French artillery 1 P. M.
4 Calm.
5 Bombardment 3 to 4:30 P. M., 20 shells.
6 3 shells on a faubourg 10 A. M.
7 French artillery; no response; artillery duel on front 9 P. M.
8 Bombardment 11 to 11:30 A. M., 4 shells on faubourg; renewed 2 to 2:30 P. M., 50 shells, 1 wounded.
9 Bombardment 5 P. M., 12 shells on faubourg; artillery duel 7 to 9 P. M.
10 French artillery on left 9 A. M.
11 Artillery in sector in morning.
12 Violent bombardment 9:30 to 11:30 A. M., 110 shells, 1 killed; renewed in afternoon; French artillery on left at night.
13 Bombardment in morning, 12 shells; renewed 12:15 P. M., 6 shells, 6 wounded.
14 Bombardment on left 3:30 to 10 A. M.; renewed 10:30 A. M. to 12:30 P. M., more than 100 shells.
15 Calm.
16 Some shells on faubourgs.
17 Cannonade 10 A. M.; some shells.
18 Artillery in sector.
19 Artillery in sector.
20 Bombardment 2 to 3 P. M., 20 shells.
21 Taube dropped 7 bombs 9:30 A. M., 2 killed, 5 wounded; 2 shells in afternoon; French artillery at night, no response.
22 French artillery from 4 P. M.
23 Day calm; 1 shell in evening.
24 Taube dropped bomb 11 A. M.; French artillery 4 to 5 P. M.
25 Violent cannonade and some bombs on extremities in afternoon.
26 Bombardment 9 to 11:30 A. M., 40 shells, 2 killed, 1 wounded; renewed 2 to 4 P. M., 6 shells.
27 Bombardment 11 A. M., 8 shells; renewed 3 to 5 P. M., 7 shells.
28 Bombardment 8 A. M., 12 shells; renewed 12:30 to 2:30 P. M., 32 shells; Taube 2 P. M.; renewed 4 to 5 P. M., 50 shells, 3 wounded.
29 10 shells on suburbs in morning; French artillery 6 P. M.
From "La Cathédrale de Reims," Libraire Centrale des Beaux-Arts, Paris.
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