September, 1914
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2 French army evacuated Reims in the night.
3 Taube dropped 2 bombs 9:15 A. M.; Dr. Langlet, Mayor of Reims, issued proclamation announcing the approach of the Germans and urging calm. German officers enter Reims 8:30 P. M.
4 First bombardment 9:22 A. M., 176 shells, many killed and wounded; minor injuries to the cathedral, glass broken; St. Remi and St. André injured; German troops enter in afternoon; anniversary of the German occupation of 1870.
5 German occupation.
6 German occupation.
7 German occupation.
8 German occupation.
9 German occupation.
10 German occupation.
11 German occupation.
12 German troops evacuate Reims in afternoon; French officers appear 6:30 P. M.
13 French troops re-enter Reims 6 A. M.; Taube 5 P. M.; last vespers in the cathedral (in chapel of the Cardinal): Te Deum for Benedict XV.
14 Cannonade from 5 A. M.; bombardment 9:45 A. M. to 12:15 P. M.; renewed 1 to 3:30 P. M.; 59 killed, many wounded; cannonade all night.
15 Taubes 5 A. M.; bombardment 9:30 to 11 A. M.; renewed 4 P. M., 13 killed.
16 Bombardment 3:30 A. M. to 6:30 P. M., 30 killed.
17 Bombardment from 9 A. M.; renewed 2:30 to 4 P. M., 3 shells on cathedral.
18 Cannonade from 2 A. M.; bombardment from 8:15 A. M., 13 shells on cathedral, 37 killed; Sous-Préfecture burned.
19 Bombardment 7:45 A. M. to 4 P. M., 16 shells on cathedral; cathedral took fire from incendiary bomb 2:30 P. M.; cathedral and Archiepiscopal Palace burned; 32 killed; artillery all night.
20 Bombardment 9:30 to 11 A. M.; renewed 3:30 to 4:30 P. M.
21 Calm; artillery at night.
22 Bombardment 12 to 3:30 P. M., 7 killed, Cardinal Luçon returned to Reims from Conclave at Rome.
23 Taube 6 A. M.; bombardment 3 to 5 P. M.
24 Taube 6 A. M.; bombardment 9:30 to 11 A. M.; renewed 3 to 5 P. M.; bomb struck cathedral and Civil Hospital; 10 killed; cannonade all night.
25 Trenches bombarded in morning; Reims bombarded 3 to 5 P. M.; bomb struck St. Remi, 1 killed; cannonade all night.
26 Bombardment 11:45 A. M. to 12:15 P. M., 13 killed; renewed 3:30 to 4:30 P. M., 17 killed.
27 Bombardment 3:30 P. M.; cannonade at night.
28 Bombardment 2:30 P. M.; cannonade at night.
29 Bombardment 9:30 to 10:30 A. M.; renewed 4 to 6 P. M.; again 9 P. M. to 6 A. M., 3 killed, many wounded.
30 Bombardment continued to 6 A. M.; renewed 8 A. M. and 4:30 P. M.