followed from Beauzée, was at the beginning of the Battle of Verdun
the only one possible for victualling the troops. The main line from
Châlons to Verdun was under the fire of the German artillery, and that
from Bar-le-Duc or from Toul to Verdun was occupied in its centre, at
Saint-Mihiel, by the enemy. The capacity of this single branch was so
small that all the heroism of the defenders would have been vain, and
the Germans would have entered as conquerors into the old city, if,
by a remarkable feat, motors had not been able to replace the feeble
railway. The road which the tourist followed on leaving Bar-le-Duc, and
which he rejoined at Issoncourt, has been known since that epoch as the
"Voie Sacrée" (the Holy Way). An average of 1,700 motors transporting
troops, ammunition and stores, went by each day in both directions,
making one vehicle every twenty-five seconds. The view below gives an
idea of this line of cars winding across the country.
_At the junction with N. 3, shortly after passing the spot where
the railway crosses the road, turn to the right in the direction of
=Verdun= (63 km.)._ This town and its entrenched camp, whose renown has
become worldwide, are the subject of a special volume.
[Illustration: FLEET OF MOTOR-BUSES BRINGING TROOPS BACK FROM VERDUN]
INDEX OF NAMES AND LOCALITIES MENTIONED IN THIS WORK
_The figures in heavy type indicate the pages on which there are
illustrations._
PAGES
Acy-en-Multien, =99=, =100=, =103=
Allemant, 13, =159=, =161=, =163=, 184
Andernay, =236=
Asquith, =90=, =91=
Barcy, =90=, =93=, 104, 106, 111, 113, 114
=Bar-le-Duc=, 10, 17, 19, 236, =238= to =255=
Baron, =68=
Beaufort (Commandant de), 177, 178, 181
Beauzée, =257= to =260=
Brabant-le-Roi, 247, =248=, 250
Broyes, 13, =159=, 162, 163, 172 to 184
Chambry, =85= to =89=, 92, 107, 108, 113
=Châlons-sur-Marne=, 17, 19, 196, =198= to =209=
Champaubert, 165, 169, 184
Champfleury (Ferme de), =93= to =95=, 103, 106
=Chantilly=, =20= to =37=
Cheminon, 228, =230=, 233
=Coulommiers=, 7, 8, 17, =115= to =126=
Courdemanges, =216=
Crécy-en-Brie, 18, 48, =116= to =121=
Dourlent (Abbé), =46= to =48=
Écury-le-Repos, 189, 190, =194=
Esternay, 9, =150=, =153=, 168
Étrepy, =224=
Étrépilly, 95, 97, 103, 105, =107=, =113=, =114=
Favresse, =222=, =223=
Fère-Champenoise, 19, 162, 163, 170, 185, 189, 193, 194
Ferté-Gaucher (La), 18, 126, 148, 150
Ferté-sous-Jouarre (La), 11
Foch (Général), =7= to =16=, 160, 180, 186, 189
Franchet d'Esperey (Général), =7= to =16=, 161
French, =7= to =16=
Frignicourt, =217=
Gallieni (Général), 5, =6= to 16, 98
Grossetti (Général), =10= to =16=
Guerre (Sergeant-major), 188
Haig, (Douglas) (Général), =8=
Hausen (Von), =7= to =16=
Hauts de Meuse, 11 to 16
Heiltz-le-Maurupt, =224=, =225=
Huiron, =215=, =216=
Humbauville, 215
Humbert (Général), 13 to 16, 159, 175, 181
Joffre, =5= to =16=, 187, 260
Kluck (Von), =5= to =16=
Kronprinz, =7= to =16=, 237, 238, 247
Laimont, =246=
Langle de Cary (Général), =7= to =16=, 213, 231
Lenharrée, =191=, =193=, =194=
Linthes, 14, 163, 185
Louppy-le-Château, =252= to =254=
Louppy-le-Petit, =254=
Magnard (Albéric), 68, 69
Mangin (Général), 149
Marcilly, 93, =94=, =95=, 104 to 107
Maunoury (Général), =5= to =16=
Maurupt, =225= to =233=
=Meaux=, 17, 18, =74= to =80=, 114, 116
Mondement, 13, 14, 159, 162, =171= to =184=
Mont-Août, 162 to 164, 185, =195=
Monthyon, =82= to =86=, 91, 106
Montgivroux, 170, 172, 182, 184
Montmirail, 11
Mont-Chalmont, 14, 162, 163
Morains, 195
Moret (Mont), =216=, 217, 219
Morin (Grand), 10, 18, 117
Morin (Petit), 162 to 167
Nanteuil-le-Haudouin, =102=
Neufmontiers, =80= to =83=
Nogeon (Farm), =98=, 104
Normée, 187, 190, 192, 194
Notre-Dame-de-l'Épine, =210= to =212=
Odent (M.), =48= to =50=, 66
Oudin (Abbé), 214
Oyes, 170 to 173, 181
Pargny, =226= to =229=
Péguy (Ch.), 82
Penchard, 73, =82= to =86=, 106
Pétain (Général), 179, 180, 187, 260
Pleurs, 14, 162, 163
Poirier (Signal du), 13, 168 to 172, 181 to 184
=Provins=, 7, 17, =126= to =146=
Pucelles (Château des), 159, 175 to 178, 184
Puisieux, =96=, 97, 104
Rembercourt-aux-Pots, =255=, =256=
Reuves, 172, =173=
Revigny, 9, 236, 237, =248= to =251=
Rochelle (Plateau de), 179, =187= to =190=, 194
Saint-Gond (Bois de), 170, 182 to 184
Saint-Gond (Prieuré de), 172
Saint-Dizier, 231, 236
Saint-Mihiel, 7
Saint-Prix, 165, =167= to =169=, 172, 184
Sarrail (Général), =10= to =16=, 231, 236, 238
=Senlis=, 17, 18, =36= to =65=
Sermaize, =225= to =235=
Sézanne, 7, 13, 17, 18, 148, 153, =157=, 158, 162, 163, 166 to 169, 184
Sommesous, 19, 188 to 190
Sommeilles, =250= to =252=
Sompuis, =213= to =215=
Soizy-aux-Bois, 13, 169, 170, 184
Souilly, =260=
Toulon-la-Montagne, 164, 165
Trois-Fontaines, =230= to =233=
Trocy, 90, 95 to 98, 104, =108= to =111=
Troyon, 12
Varreddes, 86, 90, 92, 106, =111= to =118=
Vassimont, =190=, 191
Vassincourt, =236=, =237=
Vauclerc, 221, 222
Vaux-Marie (Farm), =256=, =257=
Verdun, 4, 7, 15, 16, 260, 261
Villeneuve-les-Charleville (La), 13, =156=, =157=, 168
Villers-aux-Vents, =246=, =247=
Villeroy, =82=
=Vitry-le-François=, 9, 17, =218= to =226=
Wurtemberg (Duc de), =7= to =16=
CONTENTS
=Foreword= 2
HISTORICAL PART 3 to 16
=Day of September 5, 1914= 7
= " September 6, 1914= 8
= " September 7, 1914= 9
= " September 8, 1914= 11
= " September 9, 1914= 12
=Days of September 10 to 13, 1914= 15
TOURIST'S GUIDE 17 to 261
=Practical Information= 18 to 19
=I.--THE OURCQ= 20 to 114
=Chantilly= 20 to 35
=From Chantilly to Senlis= 35
=Senlis= 37 to 65
=From Senlis to Meaux= 66 to 73
=Meaux= 74 to 79
=Visit to the Ourcq Battle-Fields= 80 to 114
=II.--THE MARSHES OF St.-GOND= 114 to 196
=From Meaux to Coulommiers= 116 to 121
=Coulommiers= 122 to 125
=From Coulommiers to Provins= 126 to 127
=Provins= 128 to 146
=From Provins to Sézanne= 147 to 157
=Sézanne= 158
=The Marshes of St.-Gond= 159 to 184
=From Sézanne to Châlons-sur-Marne= 185 to 196
=III.--THE PASS OF REVIGNY= 197 to 261
=Châlons-sur-Marne= 198 to 212
=From Châlons to Vitry-le-François= 213 to 217
=Vitry-le-François= 218 to 220
=From Vitry-le-François to Bar-le-Duc= 221 to 237
=Bar-le-Duc= 238 to 245
=Tour round Bar-le-Duc= 246 to 254
=From Bar-le-Duc to Verdun= 255 to 261
=Index of Names and Localities mentioned in this work= 262
PLANS AND MAPS
Plan of Bar-le-Duc (black) 239
" Châlons (2 colours) between 198/199
" Chantilly (black) 21
" Coulommiers (black) 122
" Crécy (black) 117
" Meaux (2 colours) between 74/75
" Provins " 128/129
" Senlis " 36/37
" Sézanne (black) 158
Map of the Region of Senlis (4 colours) between 66/67
" " the Ourcq " 80/81
" of the Excursion described in the part "The Marshes
of St.-Gond" (4 colours) between 116/117
" of the Excursion described in the part "The Pass of
Revigny" (4 colours) between 212/213
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=FERTÉ-GAUCHER= (=LA=) (Seine-et-Marne).
[** small hotel symbol] du Sauvage, _25 r. de Paris_. (wc)
coach-house [** 4 symbol] [** phone symbol] 19.
[** wrench symbol] MICHELIN STOCK =H. Bourgeois=, _faub. de Paris.
Agt de_: +Charron+. [** 12 symbol] [** pit symbol] Petrol Depôt
[** electric symbol] [** phone symbol] 38.
-- =Liévaux=, _5 r. de Strasbourg_. [** 10 symbol] [** pit symbol]
Petrol Depôt [** electric symbol].
=PROVINS= (Seine-et-Marne).
[** 1 hotel symbol] de la Fontaine, _10 r. Victor-Arnoul._ Central
heating [** dial symbol] Shed [** 4 symbol] courtyard [** 20
symbol] [** phone symbol] 10.
[** 1 hotel symbol] de la Boule-d'Or, _22 r. de la Cordonnerie_.
[** dial symbol] Inner shed [** 6 symbol] [** phone symbol] 12.
[** 1 hotel symbol] =Louis Pouget=, _3 r. Christophe-Opoix_. Agt
de: +Renault+, +de Dion+, +Chenard et Walcker+, +Darracq+. [**
20 symbol] [** pit symbol] Petrol Depôt [** electric symbol] [**
phone symbol] 1·31.
-- =Métivier=, _38 r. Hugues-le-Grand_. Petrol Depôt [** electric
symbol].
-- =Boucher=, _19 r. Félix-Bourquelot_. _Agt de_: +Delahaye+. [**
20 symbol] [** pit symbol] Petrol Depôt.
-- =Thiriot=, _40 r. du Val_.
=SÉZANNE= (Marne).
[** 1 hotel symbol] de France, _25 Grande-Rue_. Central heating
Ⓑ (wc) coach-house [** 3 symbol] shed [** 5 symbol] [** phone
symbol] 12.
[** 1 hotel symbol] A la Femme-sans-Tête, _9 et 11 r. de Broyes_.
Central heating Ⓑ (wc) coach-house 50 m. [** 4 symbol] [** phone
symbol] 16.
[** wrench symbol] MICHELIN STOCK (Compressed Air) =Victor Quinet=,
_29 Grande-Rue_. _Agt de_: +Corre La Licorne+. [** 10 symbol] [**
pit symbol] Petrol Depôt [** electric symbol] [** phone symbol] 9.
-- =Brochet Georges=, _20 et 31 r. Notre-Dame_. [** 5 symbol] [**
pit symbol] Petrol Depôt.
-- =F. Mayet=, _19 et 21 r. Notre-Dame_. _Agt de_:
+Vinot-Deguingand+. [** 6 symbol] [** pit symbol] Petrol Depôt.
=CHÂLONS-SUR-MARNE= (Marne).
[** 2 hotels symbol] de la Haute-Mère-Dieu, _26 pl. de la
République_. Central heating [** dial symbol] Ⓑ (wc) Gar [** 6
symbol] [** pit symbol] [** telegraph symbol] Hôtel-Meunier [**
phone symbol] 4.
[** 1 hotel symbol] du Renard, _24 pl. de la République_. Central
heating [** dial symbol] Ⓑ (wc) Coach-house [** 4 symbol] Inner
courtyard [** 8 symbol] [** phone symbol] 1·48.
[** wrench symbol] MICHELIN STOCK (Compressed Air) =Maurice
Leblanc=, _5 pl. Godard_. _Agt de_: +Berliet, de Dietrich+. [**
15 symbol] [** pit symbol] Petrol Depôt [** electric symbol] [**
phone symbol] 85.
-- MICHELIN STOCK (Compressed Air) =G. Jacotin=, _1 r.
Faubourg-de-Marne_. Agt de: Delahaye. [** 20 symbol] [** pit
symbol] Petrol Depôt [** phone symbol] 2·65.
-- MICHELIN STOCK (Compressed Air) =Hauser=, _13 pl. de la
République_. _Agt de_: +Peugeot, Delage, Darracq.+ [** 10 symbol]
[** pit symbol] Petrol Depôt [** phone symbol] 2·28.
-- =A. Viéville=, _15 r. de Vaux_. [** 4 symbol] [** pit symbol]
Petrol Depôt.
-- =Ch. Rouche=, cycles, _36 r. de Marne_.
=VITRY-LE-FRANÇOIS= (Marne).
[** 1 hotel symbol] de la Cloche, _r. de Frignicourt_. Central
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[** wrench symbol] MICHELIN STOCK (Compressed Air) _E. Greux, 11
Faub. St-Dizier_ (_rte de Nancy_). _Agt de_: +Clément-Bayard+,
+Chenard et Walcker+. [** 30 symbol] [** pit symbol] Petrol Depôt
[** electric symbol] [** phone symbol] 134.
-- MICHELIN STOCK (Compressed Air) =Gillet fils=, _Pl. de la
Glendarmerie_. _Agt de_: +Charron, Darracq+. [** 40 symbol] [**
pit symbol] Petrol Depôt [** electric symbol] [** phone symbol]
138.
-- =Ollinger=, _15 r. du Pont_. _Agt de_: +Peugot+. [** 4 symbol]
[** pit symbol] Petrol Depôt [** electric symbol].
-- =Kremer=, cycles, _7 r. de Frignicourt_.
=PARGNY-SUR-SAULX= (Marne).
[** small hotel symbol] de la Gare. Inner coach-house [** 4 symbol].
[** wrench symbol] MICHELIN STOCK =Luiné=, _r. de la Chavée_. _Agt
de_: +Delage, Unic+. [** 4 symbol] [** pit symbol] [** electric
symbol].
=SERMAIZE-LES-BAINS= (Marne).
[** 1 hotel symbol] de la Source (2 km.). [** dial symbol] [**
circled Ⓑ (wc) Inner coach-house [** 20 symbol] [** pit symbol]
[** phone symbol] 8.
[** 1 hotel symbol] de la Cloche, _16 r. de Vitry_. [** dial
symbol] (wc) Inner coach-house [** 2 symbol] [** phone symbol] 7.
=Bar-le-Duc= (Meuse).
[** 2 hotels symbol] de Metz et du Commerce, _17 et 19 boul. de
la Rochelle_. Central heating [** dial symbol] Ⓑ (wc) Shed [** 10
symbol] [** phone symbol] 1.10.
[** wrench symbol] MICHELIN STOCK =J. Petit=, _44 boul. de la
Rochelle_. Agt de: Unic. [** 20 symbol] [** pit symbol] Petrol
Depôt [** electric symbol].
-- MICHELIN STOCK =L. Henrionnet=, _126 boul. de la Rochelle_. _Agt
de_: +Clément-Bayard+, +Chenard et Walcker+. [** 5 symbol] [**
pit symbol] Petrol Depôt [** electric symbol] [** phone symbol]
1.71.
-- MICHELIN STOCK (Compressed Air) =L. Antoine=, _8 boul. de la
Rochelle_. _Agt de_: +Darracq, Peugot+. [** 4 symbol] [** pit
symbol] Petrol Depôt [** electric symbol] [** phone symbol] 156.
-- =Guillemin et Muriot=, _7 r. du Cygne_. [** 6 symbol] [** pit
symbol] Petrol Depôt.
_The above information, dating from January 1, 1919, may possibly be no
longer exact when this falls under the reader's eyes. It would be more
prudent, therefore, before making the tour described in this volume, to
consult the latest French edition of the 'Guide Michelin._'
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
Silently corrected simple spelling, grammar, and typographical
errors.
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