Category: History - European
The bombardment of Reims, and the attendant destruction of its cathedral, is an event that has particularly excited the indignation of the civilized world. The sacrifice has seemed so wanton and so unnecessary that the souls of those who have not known the great church by pers...
1 Taube at dawn; bombardment 6:30 to 9 A. M., 5 shells; renewed 10 to 11 A. M., 8 shells; again 3:30 to 4 P. M., 15 shells; again 10 P. M., 3 shells, 1 wounded.
2. Part 219 Anniversary of cathedral fire in 1914; Way of the Cross by the priests of Reims in the cathedral. French artillery 4 A. M., feeble response; bombardment in morning and at 5 P...
4. Part 416 Bombardment continued, 2537 shells (50 at 6 A. M.; 250 from 8 A. M. to 1 P. M.; 1231 from 2 to 7 P. M.; 30 from 8 to 10 P. M.).
1. Part 1The bombardment of Reims, and the attendant destruction of its cathedral, is an event that has particularly excited the indignation of the civilized world. The sacrifice has see...
5. Part 5_St. André._ On September 19, 1914, a bomb fell on the left transept portal, breaking the glass in near-by parts; painting of "The Baptism of Clovis" lost. September 22, 1914, a...