which no troops were massed, towers above the rest
of the town; to avoid it, in view of the uselessness of destroying it
and because it was serving as a hospital, would have been an easy
matter. The entire quarter of the city situated between it and the enemy
is destroyed, including the Episcopal Palace, which contained the
Archaeological Museum, the Episcopal Chapel, and what was known as the
"Apartment of the Kings." This quarter also contained the principal
commercial houses.

"Blind Rage" Causes Attack.

It would seem that the only explanation which can be offered was blind
rage upon the part of the besieging army.

There are two monuments of almost equal importance to the world which
are in jeopardy of the same fate as the Cathedral of Rheims, viz., the
Cathedrals of Noyon and Laon. That these will be respected is to be
hoped, in spite of the ruthless and miserable attempt to reduce the
glorious monuments of Rheims to ruins.

On Friday, Sept. 25, the Germans further shelled the Abbey of Remy at
Rheims, one shell exploding in the interior and destroying an immense
quantity of glass. The civil hospital, which occupies the cloisters of
St. Remy, received as its quota nine bombs, one of which killed four of
the patients in the beds, and another one of the attendants. Needless to
say that over this building also were flying flags of the Red Cross.

On Sunday, Sept. 27, I spent about two hours on top of the north tower
of the cathedral, behind the parapets, where I could not be seen,
watching the bombardment of the French forces, which was going on in the
suburbs of the town, situated at about two kilometers from my point of
vantage. It was most interesting, the precision with which the German
shells arrived in groups of six at intervals of, I should say, three to
five minutes. The French troops were all wonderfully covered so that
they could not be seen, their guns being concealed under straw or beet
leaves, according to the character of the ground upon which the battery
was established.

No smoke came from their guns, their powder being absolutely smokeless,
and yet the Germans seemed to have located them very thoroughly and kept
up a continual bombardment, their shells landing repeatedly over the
same place, seemingly, without any deviation whatever.

Shot Proclaims "Lights Out."

We all slept the Saturday and Sunday nights in Rheims, which was in a
state of siege, all lights being out at 8 o'clock. One of o