. Rheims and the battles for its possession . THE CEMETtiRY AT NEUVILLETTE 160 SECOND DAY MORNING FRESNES FORT—WITRY-LES-REIMS—BERRU—NOGENT LABBESSE—BEINE (See complete Itineraries, p. 121, and map on p. 154.). This Itinerary will lead the tourist through the region of the Forts to thenorth-east of Rheims, which formed the rear of the German lines during thestabilisation period of 1914-1918. It was this line of forts that, in the German hands, held the French incheck after the first Battle of the Marne. Practically the whole of theseworks were but little damaged by the relatively light bombard
. Rheims and the battles for its possession . THE CEMETtiRY AT NEUVILLETTE 160 SECOND DAY MORNING FRESNES FORT—WITRY-LES-REIMS—BERRU—NOGENT LABBESSE—BEINE (See complete Itineraries, p. 121, and map on p. 154.). This Itinerary will lead the tourist through the region of the Forts to thenorth-east of Rheims, which formed the rear of the German lines during thestabilisation period of 1914-1918. It was this line of forts that, in the German hands, held the French incheck after the first Battle of the Marne. Practically the whole of theseworks were but little damaged by the relatively light bombardments, andhave retained traces of the German organisation. Leave Rheims by the Avenue de Laon (which begins at Les Pomenades,opposite Mars Gate), and the Rue de Neufchdtel (second street on the right),Sortie No. IX. of the Michelin Tourist Guide (see coloured plan, pp. 32-33). 161
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