CONTENTS

Chief Historical Facts[2]
First German Occupation, 1914[4]
Second German Occupation, 1918[7]
The Bombardments[10]
A Thirty-Months’ Siege[11]

VISIT TO THE CITY

The Cathedral[15–31]
St-Léger Church[35–39]
The Hôtel-de-Ville[40–41]
St-Pierre-au-Parvis Church[42]
Maison de l’Arquebuse[43]
St-Jean-des-Vignes Abbey[44–50]

VISIT TO THE SURROUNDINGS

St-Crépin-en-Chaye Château[53]
Vauxrot-Pasly[56–60]
Saint-Paul—Saint-Médard[60–61]
Faubourg St-Waast[62–63]

STREET DEFENCE-WORKS IN THE FAUBOURG ST-WAAST.

‘OFFICE NATIONAL DU TOURISME’

17, Rue de Surène, PARIS-8e

The ‘Office National du Tourisme’ was created by Act of Parliament on April 8th 1910, and reorganized in 1917. It enjoys civil privileges and financial autonomy.

It is directed by an Administrative Council chosen by the Minister of Public Works.

Its mission is to seek out every means of developing travel; to urge, and if necessary to take any measure capable of ameliorating the conditions of the transport, circulation and sojourn of tourists.

It co-ordinates the efforts of touring societies and industries, encourages them in the execution of their programmes and stimulates legislative and administrative initiative with regard to the development of travel in France.

It promotes understanding between the Public Services, the great Transport Companies, the ‘Syndicats d’Initiative’ and the ‘Syndicats Professionnels’.

It organises propaganda in foreign countries; and tends towards the creation of Travel Inquiry Offices in France and abroad, with a view to making known the scenery and monuments of France, as well as the health-giving powers of French mineral waters, spas and bathing places.

ALL INQUIRIES WITH REGARD TO TRAVELLING
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED
TO THE ‘TOURING-CLUB DE FRANCE’

65, Avenue de la Grande-Armée, 65
PARIS

THE ‘TOURING-CLUB DE FRANCE’

WHAT IS IT? WHAT ARE ITS USES?

The ‘Touring-Club de France’ (founded in 1890), is at the present time the largest Touring Association in the whole world. Its principal aim is to introduce France—admirable country and one of the loveliest on earth—to French people themselves and to foreigners.

It seeks to develop travel in all its forms: on foot, on horseback, on bicycle, in carriage, motor, yacht or railway, and soon in aeroplane.

Every member of the Association receives a badge and an identity ticket free of charge, as also the ‘Revue Mensuelle’ every month.

Members have also the benefit of special prices in a certain number of affiliated hotels; and this holds good for the purchase of guide-books and Staff (Etat-major) maps, as well as those of the ‘Ministère de l’Intérieur’, the T. C. F., etc. They may insert notices regarding the sale or purchase of travelling requisites, in the ‘Revue’ (1 fr. per line). The ‘Comité des Contentieux’ is ready to give them counsel with regard to travelling, and 3.000 delegates in all the principal towns are able to give them advice and information about the curiosities of art or of nature in the neighbourhood, as well as concerning the roads, hotels, motor-agents, garages, etc.

Members are accorded free passage across the frontier for a bicycle or motor-bicycle. For a motor-car the Association gives a ‘Triptyque’ ensuring free passage through the ‘douane’, etc.

ONE TRAVELS BEST IN FRANCE WHEN A MEMBER
OF THE ‘TOURING-CLUB DE FRANCE’

MICHELIN TYRE Co., Ltd., LONDON
Touring Office:: 81, Fulham Road, S. W.

MICHELIN & Cie, CLERMONT-FERRAND Touring Office:: 97, Bd. Pereire, PARIS

Why ask the Way, when . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michelin will tell you free of charge?

Drop a line, ring us up, or call at one of our Touring Offices and you will receive a carefully worked out description of the route to follow.

Transcriber’s Notes.

1. Silently corrected simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors.

2. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.

3. Some of the illustrations have been moved to be closer to their descriptions.

4. In this eBook some illustrations have been moved to other pages. The text has been changed where necessary.