. Rheims and the battles for its possession . GERMANFIRST-LINEPOSITIONS INBETHENYPLAIN {see sketch-map below) Photographed at 7,000 it. from aeroplane, August 6, 1916, at 30 or^eS. Trenchoulposi ^Shelters Iff feet j/eep connectedby subterranean tjalkr/es shownTiy dolled /tnes. THE CERMAN FIRST-LINE DEFENCES IN THE PLAIN OF BETHENY The tourist passes through this region on returning to Rheims, shortly before coming tothe bridge under the railway. The sketch map explains the photograph above. 158 Pass under the Rheims-Laon railway by a very sharp double turning. Pier-quin Farm, entirely des
. Rheims and the battles for its possession . GERMANFIRST-LINEPOSITIONS INBETHENYPLAIN {see sketch-map below) Photographed at 7,000 it. from aeroplane, August 6, 1916, at 30 or^eS. Trenchoulposi ^Shelters Iff feet j/eep connectedby subterranean tjalkr/es shownTiy dolled /tnes. THE CERMAN FIRST-LINE DEFENCES IN THE PLAIN OF BETHENY The tourist passes through this region on returning to Rheims, shortly before coming tothe bridge under the railway. The sketch map explains the photograph above. 158 Pass under the Rheims-Laon railway by a very sharp double turning. Pier-quin Farm, entirely destroyed, stood on the right a short distance further only remaining trace is the torn shapeless carcass of a large ironshed. The railway embankment south of Pierquin Farm was fiercely disputedfrom September 18, 1914, onwards. Several enemy attacks against it brokedown before the French 75s. During the offensive of May, 1918, the wholeof this region was the scene of desperate fighting. La Neuvillette was takenon May 30, and Pierquin Farm on the 31st. On August 4, the French, aftercrossing the \isne Canal, advanced to La Neuvillette, where the enemy madea desperate stand. At
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