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The Bombardment of Reims

March, 1917

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1 Bombardment 1:30 to 4:30 P. M., 20 shells.

2 Relatively calm; some distant shells.

3 Bombardment 3:30 P. M., 2 shells and distant projectiles.

4 Bombardment 5 to 6:30 P. M., 18 shells.

5 Bombardment 4:30 to 6 A. M., 6 shells; renewed 11:30 A. M., 1 shell.

6 Bombardment 11:30 A. M., 4 shells; renewed 3:45 P. M., 1 shell; again 8:30 P. M., 1 shell.

7 Day relatively calm; some shells at night.

8 Distant shells 12:30 P. M.

9 Distant artillery.

10 Some distant shells at night.

11 Bombardment 11:30 A. M., 2 shells; renewed 2:30 P. M., 2 shells; distant artillery at night.

12 Bombardment 10:30 to 11:30 A. M., 15 shells; agitated night.

13 Bombardment 1 to 7:30 A. M., 200 shells; renewed 5 to 6 P. M., 20 shells.

14 Bombardment 9 to 10 A. M., 12 shells; renewed 1:15 to 2 P. M., 19 shells; again 6 P. M., 5 shells.

15 Bombardment 12 to 3 P. M.; renewed 5:30 to 7 P. M., 50 shells.

16 Bombardment in morning; renewed 1 P. M., 12 shells; again 4:30 P. M., 20 shells; again 6 P. M., 12 shells.

17 Bombardment 4:30 to 5:30 A. M., 541 shells; renewed 1 P. M., 3 shells; agitated night.

18 Bombardment 8:10 A. M., 12 shells; renewed 10:30 A. M., 9 shells; occasional shells in afternoon and evening.

19 Bombardment 9 to 10 A. M., 180 shells; renewed 6 P. M., 27 shells.

20 Distant shells all morning; bombardment 2:10 to 5:45 P. M., 41 shells; renewed 7 P. M. to 5 A. M., 120 shells.

21 Bombardment continued to 5 A. M.; renewed 10 to 11 A. M., 18 shells; renewed 2:30 P. M., 4 shells.

22 Bombardment 12:30 P. M., 4 shells; boisterous night.

23 Bombardment 10 A. M. to 2 P. M., 82 shells; boisterous night.

24 Bombardment 9 A. M. to noon, 234 shells; 12 shells in afternoon.

25 Bombardment 8 A. M. to 2 P. M., 453 shells; renewed 2:30 P. M., 26 shells.

26 Bombardment 1:30 A. M., 39 shells; some shells in afternoon.

27 Bombardment 3 to 4 A. M.; renewed 8 A. M. to noon and at night.

28 Bombardment 10 A. M. to noon, 401 shells; renewed 2 to 5:30 P. M., 181 shells.

29 Bombardment 1:45 to 2 P. M., 9 shells; renewed 4:45 to 5:15 P. M., 4 shells; again 5:40 P. M., 2 shells; again 8 to 9 P. M., 37 shells.

30 Bombardment 12:30 A. M., 2 shells; renewed 2 A. M., 8 shells; again 9 A. M. to 1:50 P. M., 56 shells; again 3 to 6 P. M., 160 shells.

31 Bombardment from midnight to 5:30 A. M., 29 shells; renewed 8:30 to 10:30 A. M., 45 shells; again 3 to 6 P. M., 32 shells; again 7 to 7:30 P. M., 6 shells.

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