Northern France : from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire, excluding Paris and its environs : handbook for travellers . town on this side, at the S. end of the heights formingthe cuve, is the former Abbaye St. Vincent (PI. B, C, 3), now oc-cupied by military engineers. From Laon to Liart (Miziires-Charleville), 37 M., in ii/j hr. — Thisline runs via (8 M.) Liesse (Trois Rois; Cheval Blanc), a village famous forthe miraculous image of Notre-Dame-de-Liesse, dating from the 12th cent.,which has long been a favourite object of pilgrimages. The church wasbuilt in the 14-15th centuries. —
Northern France : from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire, excluding Paris and its environs : handbook for travellers . town on this side, at the S. end of the heights formingthe cuve, is the former Abbaye St. Vincent (PI. B, C, 3), now oc-cupied by military engineers. From Laon to Liart (Miziires-Charleville), 37 M., in ii/j hr. — Thisline runs via (8 M.) Liesse (Trois Rois; Cheval Blanc), a village famous forthe miraculous image of Notre-Dame-de-Liesse, dating from the 12th cent.,which has long been a favourite object of pilgrimages. The church wasbuilt in the 14-15th centuries. — Several small stations are passed, includ-ing (21 M.) Montcornet, a small town with a ruined mediiiJval chateau andremains of fortifications of the IGth century. — 37 M. Liart (p. IOC, is thepresent terminus; but the line is to be carried on to Toumes (,\?^l-i M. jp. 100), where it will join the railway from Hirson to Miziires. From Laon to Valenciennes, 70 M., railway in 2-4V4hrs. (fares I2fr. 75,8 fr. 55, 5 fr. 55 c). This recently completed line aflfords an et&^aimii TirleTCLOirt. 5°Est de to Namur. VERVINS. 16. Route. HI route lietweeii Valenciennes and Paris, with an express service (1st & 2n(i cl.)either way. — After quitting Laon a number of unimportant stations arepassed. At (12 M.) Mesbrecourt we cross the Serre, an affluent of the Oise,and at (28 M.) Flavigny-le-Grand we enter the valley of the Oise. — 31 , see p. JOB. — The Oise is crossed, and several small stations arepassed. — From (41/2 M.) Wassigny, on the line from Busigny to Hirson,express-trains run direct via (46 M.) St. Souplet to Le Cateau, while othertrains make a detour via Busigny. — 48V2 ^i- I-e Cateau, see p. 106. —To the right is the line to Maubeuge (p. 106). — 54 M. Solesmes (SoleildOr), a linen-manufacturing place with 6322 inhabitants. To Cambraiand Bavay, [see p. 82. — We continue to traverse an industrial district,passing numerous stations.
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