. Rheims and the battles for its possession . reaching Thil, turn to the left at the entrance to the village. Go straightthrough. The church, entirely in ruins, stands at the end of the village, on a smalleminence to the right. Half-way through the village, on the left, is a road which leads to the Fort, via the village of Pouillon. The road from Thil to Cormicy was the starting-point of the communicatingtrenches which led to the first lines along the National Road No. 44 and alongthe canal from the Aisne to the Marne, during the long stabilisation periodof the Berry-au-Bac—Rheims f
. Rheims and the battles for its possession . reaching Thil, turn to the left at the entrance to the village. Go straightthrough. The church, entirely in ruins, stands at the end of the village, on a smalleminence to the right. Half-way through the village, on the left, is a road which leads to the Fort, via the village of Pouillon. The road from Thil to Cormicy was the starting-point of the communicatingtrenches which led to the first lines along the National Road No. 44 and alongthe canal from the Aisne to the Marne, during the long stabilisation periodof the Berry-au-Bac—Rheims front. All along the road can still be seen,practically intact, the military works which were in the immediate rear ofthe front lines, viz., posts of commandment, depots, shelters, etc. At thepresent time, close to the destroyed villages, these shelters are being used bythe people as habitations. Beyond Thil, the road passes between two embankments. Villers-Fran-queux is soon reached. The ruined village and church are somewhat to RUINS OFVILLERS-FRANQUEUX 142 RUINED CHURCH OF HERMONVILLE
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