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1914
August
30
First German air raid on Paris
On 30 August 1914 a German Taube dropped a few small bombs on Paris and a note urging the city to surrender. It was the first air raid on the French capital.
September
05
Germans reach Claye
In early September 1914 units of Kluck's army reached Claye, east of Paris. The British chronicle called it the closest point to the capital in the war.
1915
March
21
First airship raid on Paris
On the night of 20–21 March 1915 two German airships bombed Paris and its suburbs. Z X, damaged by fire from the ground, crashed on the way back.
1916
January
29
Last airship raid on Paris
On the night of 29–30 January 1916 the airship LZ 79 bombed Belleville and Ménilmontant, killing more than 20 people. It was the last airship raid on Paris.
December
15
Barbusse's Under Fire wins the Prix Goncourt
On 15 December 1916 the Prix Goncourt went to Henri Barbusse's Under Fire, a stark picture of a French squad in the trenches, by a volunteer from the front.
1918
March
23
Paris shelled by a long-range gun
On 23 March 1918 shells fired from about 120 km away began to fall on Paris. Thus began the shelling of the city by a German long-range gun.
29
Shell hits the church of Saint-Gervais
On Good Friday, 29 March 1918, a Paris Gun shell hit the church of Saint-Gervais during a service. The collapsing vault killed about 90 worshippers.
May
31
Germans reach the Marne
On 31 May 1918 the Germans stood on the Marne from Château-Thierry to Dormans, first time since 1914. The first Americans of the 3rd Division reached the town.
August
09
Last shelling of Paris
On 9 August 1918 the last shells from the German long-range gun fell on Paris. After the defeat at Amiens the Germans withdrew it from Beaumont-en-Beine.
September
16
Last air raid on Paris
On the night of 15/16 September 1918 German bombers attacked Paris for the last time. Bombs fell on the northern and eastern districts and the suburbs.
November
09
Death of Guillaume Apollinaire
On 9 November 1918 the poet Guillaume Apollinaire, son of the Pole Angelika Kostrowicka, weakened by a war head wound, died of Spanish flu in Paris. He was 38.