. Rheims and the battles for its possession . BRIMONT FORT To visit the Fort of Brimont, skirt the church on the side of the portal stair-cose, then take the road seen on the photograph on p. 152. The Fort is about100 yards furthei on. The Defences North of Rheims and the Fightingin that Sector The Fort of Brimont, completed by the Battery of the Cran deBrimont about a mile to the east, and on the west by the Loivre Battery, mentioned on page 151, sweeps the whole country north of Rheims as far as Warmenvilie. REIMS The roads shown on the above map are those followed bv the Third Itinerary
. Rheims and the battles for its possession . BRIMONT FORT To visit the Fort of Brimont, skirt the church on the side of the portal stair-cose, then take the road seen on the photograph on p. 152. The Fort is about100 yards furthei on. The Defences North of Rheims and the Fightingin that Sector The Fort of Brimont, completed by the Battery of the Cran deBrimont about a mile to the east, and on the west by the Loivre Battery, mentioned on page 151, sweeps the whole country north of Rheims as far as Warmenvilie. REIMS The roads shown on the above map are those followed bv the Third Itinerary (see p. 160.) the banks of the Aisne, Suippe, Retourne and the Aisne-Marne canal, theRheims-Neufchatel, Rheims-Vouziers, Rheims-Rethel and Rheims-Laon roads,and the Rheims-Laon and Rheims-Charleville railways. About five mileseast of Brimont and four miles east of Rheims is the position of Berru(see p. 165), extending along a front of about six miles, via the hills ofBerru and Nogent lAbbesse. Intended by those who planned it to guardthe valley of the Suippe, the Rheims-Rethe and Rheims-Vouziers roads, aswell as the Rheims-Charleville and Rheims-Chalons-sur-Marne railways, itcomprises the Fort of Witry (about 150 feet in altitude), the batteries ofLa Vigie de Berru (870 feet), and the fort and batteries of Nogent-lAbbesse (670 feet). Brimont and Berru are further covered and linked up by the Fort ofFresne (360 feet), situated four miles north-east of Rheims. 155 These defensive works, conceived and execut
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