August, 1916

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1 Bombardment 5 to 6 A. M., 55 shells; renewed 6 to 7 P. M., 54 shells; French artillery 10 P. M. to 1 A. M.
2 French artillery to 1 A. M.; shells early morning; artillery on front 10 P. M. to 2 A. M.
3 Artillery on front to 2 A. M.; bombardment 4:30 to 5:15 P. M., 5 shells; 1 shell at night.
4 Bombardment 4:30 to 5:30 P. M., 3 shells; artillery at night.
5 Bombardment 1 to 2 P. M., 3 shells; renewed 5 to 6:30 P. M., 34 shells; again 10 P. M.
6 Taube early; intermittent bombardment; more serious 4:15 to 7 P. M.; French artillery 11:15 P. M., no response.
7 Day calm; bombardment 7:30 to 8 P. M., 3 shells; French artillery at night.
8 Some shells 6 P. M.
9 Taube early; bombardment 11 to 11:30 A. M., 5 shells; renewed 6 P. M.
10 Bombardment 5:30 P. M., 2 shells; renewed 6:15 P. M., 2 shells; again 8 to 9 P. M., 50 shells.
11 Day calm; French artillery at end of afternoon.
12 Bombardment 5:30 P. M., 14 shells, 1 killed, 2 wounded; renewed 7 to 8 P. M., 25 shells; French artillery at night, no response.
13 7 Taubes dropped 19 bombs, 7 P. M., 21 victims. Civil Hospital burned; St. Remi menaced; 21 shells from bombardment.
14 Calm; French artillery at night.
15 4 shells in evacuated zone; bombardment 10 to 11:30 P. M.
16 Calm.
17 Day calm; 8 shells at night.
18 Calm; Taube 9 P. M.
19 Calm.
20 Calm.
21 Calm.
22 Calm.
23 Bombardment 10:45 to 11:15 A. M., 20 shells.
24 Taube 8 A. M.; bombardment 12:15 P. M.; aerial combat 1 P. M., 2 bombs dropped.
25 Bombardment 11 to 11:15 A. M., shells on faubourgs.
26 Bombardment 5 to 5:15 P. M., 7 shells; again 9 P. M., 4 shells.
27 Bombardment 8:30 A. M., 12 shells; renewed 11:30 A. M. to 1:15 P. M., 26 shells.
28 Bombardment 10 to 10:15 A. M., 12 shells, 1 wounded; renewed 5 to 6:30 P. M., 28 shells.
29 Bombardment 8 to 9:30 A. M., 13 shells, 2 wounded.
30 Calm.
31 Bombardment 10 A. M. to noon, 36 shells.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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