. Rheims and the battles for its possession . tinerary leaves the battlefield proper, and conductsthe tourist across the most reputed vine-growing centres of Champagne (Verze-nay, Mailly-Champagne, and Ludes), through lovely, picturesque country, which,although it has somewhat suffered from the bombardments, has neverthelessretained its pre-war aspect. Leave Rheims by the Avenue de Chalons, continued by N. 44 (see the planof Rheims between pp. 32 and 33, F. 6 and H. 1). The Avenue de Chalons was well within the first-line defences. Two communicating trenches run along the footpaths on either s
. Rheims and the battles for its possession . tinerary leaves the battlefield proper, and conductsthe tourist across the most reputed vine-growing centres of Champagne (Verze-nay, Mailly-Champagne, and Ludes), through lovely, picturesque country, which,although it has somewhat suffered from the bombardments, has neverthelessretained its pre-war aspect. Leave Rheims by the Avenue de Chalons, continued by N. 44 (see the planof Rheims between pp. 32 and 33, F. 6 and H. 1). The Avenue de Chalons was well within the first-line defences. Two communicating trenches run along the footpaths on either side of theAvenue. Skirt Pommery Park, on the left, completely ravaged by the bombardmentand the net-work of trenches which cross it. As soon as the last houses of the town have been left behind, the touristfinds himself in the midst of the battlefield. The sector, known as La Butte de Tir, situated on the left, belowCernay and beyond the railway, was the scene of furious fighting throughoutthe German occupation of 1914 to 1918 {photo below K. THE BUTTE-DE-TIR SECTORListening-post in front of Cernay village. 108
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