The Bombardment of Reims

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.