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The Bombardment of Reims

July, 1917

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1 Bombardment continued, 200 shells.

2 Bombardment continued, more than 600 shells.

3 Bombardment continued, 1200 shells (120 from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M.; 400 from 2 to 5 P. M.; 20 from 7 to 8 P. M.; 600 from 9 P. M. to 2 A. M.).

4 Bombardment continued, 300 shells.

5 Bombardment continued, 800 shells (100 from 12 to 2 P. M.; 700 from 2 to 8:30 P. M.; 3 in the night).

6 Bombardment continued, 600 shells (350 from 6 A. M. to 2 P. M.; 50 from 3 to 4 P. M.; 200 after 4 P. M.).

7 Bombardment continued, 350 shells (250 from 4 to 9 A. M.; 15 from 9 to 10 A. M.; 1 at 6:45 P. M.; 100 from 11 P. M. to midnight).

8 Bombardment continued; 12 shells at 9 A. M.; 14 shells at 2 P. M.

9 Bombardment continued; 20 shells 2 to 5 A. M.; 90 at 8 A. M.; 25 from 9 A. M. to noon; 40 from 2 to 3 P. M.; 2 at 8 P. M.

10 Bombardment continued; 20 shells 4 to 5 P. M.; 60 at 8 P. M.; 55 in the night.

11 Bombardment continued; 61 shells 9 to 11 A. M.; 12 at 7 P. M.

12 Bombardment continued, 1350 shells (30 from 7 to 10 A. M.; 1260 from 8 to 10 P. M.; 60 from 10 P. M. to 2 A. M.).

13 Bombardment continued, 2000 shells (250 from 7:30 to 11 A. M.; more than 300 in the afternoon; 900 from 5 to 10 P. M.; more than 500 in the night).

14 Bombardment continued, 2500 to 3000 shells (1650 from 5 A. M. to 1 P. M.; 700 from 2 to 10 P. M.; 13 in the night).

15 Bombardment continued, 800 shells (50 from 11 A. M. to noon; 700 from 12 to 1 P. M.; 50 in the night).

16 Bombardment continued, 2537 shells (50 at 6 A. M.; 250 from 8 A. M. to 1 P. M.; 1231 from 2 to 7 P. M.; 30 from 8 to 10 P. M.).

17 Bombardment continued, but day relatively calm, 129 shells (4 at 11 A. M.; 125 at 7 P. M.).

18 Bombardment continued, 840 shells (160 at 7 P. M.; 580 from 9 P. M. to 2 A. M.).

19 Bombardment continued, 80 shells.

20 Bombardment continued, 119 shells.

21 Bombardment continued, more than 900 shells (30 from 7 to 8 A. M.; 30 from 8:30 to 11 A. M.; 760 from 1 to 3 P. M.; 100 from 11 P. M.).

22 Bombardment continued, 828 shells (50 from 8 to 9 A. M.; 122 from 9 to 10:30 A. M.; 6 from 12 to 4 P. M.; 650 after 4 P. M.).

23 Bombardment continued, 1340 shells (400 from 8 A. M. to 1 P. M.; 650 from 2 to 4 P. M.; 290 after 9 P. M.).

24 Bombardment continued, 140 shells (40 at 10 A. M.; 65 at 3 P. M.; 35 at 9:30 P. M.).

25 Bombardment continued, 420 shells (200 from 6 to 11 A. M.; 220 at 9:30 P. M.).

26 Bombardment continued to 3 A. M., 443 shells; 286 shells in the day (6 at 6 P. M., 280 at 10 P. M.).

27 Bombardment continued, 1201 shells (160 from 8 A. M. to noon; 120 from 4 to 5 P. M.; 100 at 8 P. M.; 821 after 11 P. M.).

28 Bombardment continued, 627 shells (200 from 9 to 11 A. M.; 100 from 7 to 8 P. M.; 327 after 10 P. M.).

29 Bombardment continued, 513 shells (25 from 9 to 10:30 A. M.; 100 at 2 P. M.; 50 from 4 to 6 P. M.; 300 from 9 to 10 P. M.; 30 in the night). M. Martin, decorated by the President on June 18, killed by a shell at the temporary Sous-Préfecture near Reims.

30 Bombardment continued, more than 1300 shells (695 from 3 to 4 P. M.; 590 from 5:30 to 7 P. M.; 20 from 9 to 10 P. M.).

31 Bombardment from 3 to 4 P. M., 20 shells.

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