--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 20 number: 9 published: 1917-07 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "German Shells Bursting on Famous Rheims Cathedral," *Improvement Era* 20, no. 9 (July 1917): 810.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2009unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2009unse start_page: 810 end_page: 810 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1917-07) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2009unse publication_year: 1917 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1917, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # German Shells Bursting on Famous Rheims Cathedral Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, New York. GERMAN SHELLS BURSTING ON FAMOUS RHEIMS CATHEDRAL During a bombardment on April 23, heavy 380-cm. projectiles were rd'fi"tin« Wrtj*"*^ The Plea °ff^ by thePGermans when they first wrecked the old building was that of error, but that does not hold cgl°e°adr ^V**jfi*Z *"-*■ *" *"* "" — - = "of^fi^^ western facade with three portals, rose window, and numerous statues Rheim Tim^^Tmon f^^*™* expelled by the M-id^fOriSS JLlr ' u . V , ' dunng the Franco-Prussian war, it was held by the ^ined fol Th"lle thC ChUrCh W38 hdd faCred durin8 tnose troubles, h has remained for this present war to practically destroy the noble structure.