Rheims and the Battles for its Possession

He gets about with the same ease and certainty =on the road=, if he has a =Michelin map=, because it gives all the road numbers on the milestones and road-signs.

In the belfry of the northern tower are two magnificent deep-toned bells. One of them is modern and was cast at Le Mans, and blessed in 1849 by Cardinal Gousset. The other, one...

_Take the Rue de Contrai, on the left, which leads to the_ Rue de l'Universite. Inserted in the facade of the house at No. 65 (_on the right_), and in the wall of the Lycee (_on...

_Beyond the village of Gueux_ the road crosses numerous lines of trenches. Many shelters and ammunition depots can still be seen along the road. _The National Road from Rheims t...

These 14th century lozenge-shaped stones are engraved in black, the hollowed-out portions being filled with lead. Each stone has a pretty border with a square medallion, in the...

On the 13th, the left of the 3rd Corps arrived in front of Courcy and Brimont, where the Germans were strongly entrenched. A desperate battle took place, with the result that Co...

It was defended by the French 45th Infantry Division (General Naulin), composed of Algerian Sharp-shooters, Zouaves and African Light Infantry, who held their ground on May 27-2...

The archbishop, Mgr. Lucon, was absent from Rheims in 1914, being retained in Rome by the Council. As soon as the latter was ended, he returned to Rheims and thereafter, like hi...

The small pulpit of the rear choir, the medallions of which depict the life of St. Theresa, dates from 1678. It is a gift of the widow of M. Pommery (_photo below_).

The Place Royale, which had previously suffered severely on September 19-22, 1914, was completely destroyed by fire, with the exception of the modern buildings of the Societe Ge...

_The village of_ =Nogent l'Abbesse= _is next reached, at the entrance to which the road divides into three branches. Take the middle one (G.C. 64), which leads to the_ ruined vi...

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