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. |