Part 5

OTHER CHURCHES

_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 shell fell on the church at 11 A. M. April 15, 1917, it caught fire, and it was again injured on April 28.

_St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle._ 3 shells fell on this church in the bombardment of December, 1914. The glass was broken and the interior injured.

_St. Clotilde._ September 22, 1914, most of the glass ruined by a near-by shell. January 4, 1915, injured by 4 bombs.

_St. Benoît._ 3 shells in January, 1915.

_St. Geneviève._ Injured in the bombardment of April 15, 1917.

CIVIC BUILDINGS

_Hôtel de Ville._ Lost the glass of the west side September 14, 1914. Received several shells in the bombardment of September 19, 1914. A fire started, but no essential injury resulted. It was gravely injured April 21, 1917, and was destroyed by fire on May 3.

_Palais de Justice._ Lost the glass of its main façades September 4, 1914. A shell fell through the roof on October 2, 1914, injuring the interior; both façades were hurt, especially the newer one. February 3, 1916, some fragments of French shells fell on the building. September 18, 1916, a bomb fell through the roof and upper story.

_Hôtel Dieu_ [_Civil Hospital_]. Some shells fell on the buildings on September 18, 1914; two patients were killed and another buried under débris; two nurses were badly wounded. On August 13, 1916, the Hospital caught fire in the bombardment and was destroyed save for two pavilions.

_Théâtre._ The lantern was destroyed in the bombardment of September 4, 1914, and the chandelier suspended from it fell down. A bomb fell on the building on October 5, 1914.

_Musée des Beaux-Arts._ Injured September 4, 1914, by three bombs on the west front. Much interior damage and many valuable paintings lost.

_Sous-Préfecture._ Burned September 18, 1914.

_Place Royale._ Many of the buildings surroundings this place were burned in the bombardment of September 19, 1914.

_Hôtel de la Salle._ Injured by a shell in November, 1914.

_Gothic House in Rue de Vesle._ Wholly ruined in the catastrophe of September 19, 1914.