March, 1917

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.

April, 1917

1 Bombardment 4:30 to 5:30 A. M., 684 shells; renewed from 9 A. M., 2048 shells; total for the day, 2732 shells.
2 Bombardment from 8 A. M., 2259 shells; some shells at night.
3 Bombardment 9 A. M. to 8:30 P. M., 1744 shells.
4 Bombardment all day, particularly violent 4:30 to 8 P. M., 2123 shells; some shells 9 P. M.
5 Bombardment in morning, 10 shells; renewed in afternoon to 5:30 A. M., 795 shells.
6 Bombardment continued to 5:30 A. M.; renewed 4 to 8 P. M., and again in night.
7 Bombardment to 8 P. M., 8785 shells for April 6 and 7. Grand Séminaire burned 4 P. M.
8 Easter Day. Bombardment 2:30 to 9 P. M., particularly violent 5:30 P. M.
9 Bombardment from 4:30 A. M.; particularly violent 2 to 4 P. M. and at 7 P. M.; continued during part of the night; evacuation of civil population ordered.
10 Bombardment in afternoon; particularly violent 4 to 9 P. M.; continued in night.
11 Bombardment day and night.
12 Bombardment day and night, particularly at 9 P. M.; perhaps 7000 or 8000 shells.
13 Bombardment diminished 7 A. M.; renewed for the day, 10 A. M.
14 Bombardment day and night, particularly from 5 P. M. to 5 A. M.
15 Bombardment day and night; St. André burned 4:30 P. M.; 15 shells on the cathedral.
16 Bombardment 2:30 to 5 P. M.
17 Bombardment day and night.
18 Bombardment 12:30 to 3 P. M.; French artillery from 4:30 P. M.; 80 fires in Reims from April 7 to April 18.
19 Bombardment from midnight to 3 A. M.; renewed 10:30 A. M. to 7:30 P. M., 25 shells on cathedral, north tower, vaults and transept injured; renewed 10 P. M. to 5 A. M., 600 shells. Cardinal Luçon issued protest against bombardment.
20 Bombardment continued to 5 A. M.; renewed 10 to 11 A. M., 50 shells; again 12 to 8:30 P. M., 300 shells, particularly violent 6 P. M.; 2 shells on cathedral.
21 Bombardment 3 to 6 A. M.; renewed 10:30 A. M.; again 1 P. M., Hôtel de Ville gravely injured; again 2:30 P. M.; again 6 to 8 P. M.; artillery at night. Cathedral injured, 8 shells.
22 Bombardment 9 A. M. to noon, 100 shells; renewed 2 to 6 P. M., 600 shells; cathedral injured, 3 shells; agitated night.
23 Bombardment 7:30 A. M. to 3 P. M.; renewed 6:30 P. M.; night calm; cathedral injured.
24 Cannonade from 4 A. M.; bombardment from 7:30 A. M., furious from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M., cathedral injured; few night shells.
25 Bombardment 9:30 A. M. to 7 P. M.; disturbed night.
26 Bombardment 1 A. M.; renewed 7:30 A. M. to 4 P. M.; again 7 P. M.; night calm.
27 Bombardment from 7:30 A. M.
28 Bombardment continued, particularly violent 12 to 3 P. M. and 7 to 8:20 P. M.; St. Thomas and St. André injured.
29 Bombardment all day.
30 Bombardment continued; perhaps 1200 shells.

L'Illustration

THE CATHEDRAL AFTER THE BOMBARDMENTS OF APRIL, 1917