On reaching the Avenue de Laon, the tourist, instead of entering Rheims, may turn to the right and go northwards as far as the village and cemetery of La Neuvillette.
The cemetery of La Neuvillette is on the right of the road, between the last houses of Rheims and the village. It was completely cut up by a network of first-line trenches (photos, p. [159]).
The village of La Neuvillette, now in ruins, was the scene of desperate fighting during the German offensive of May, 1918.
Nothing remains of the 12th century church of John-the-Baptist.
The glass-works north-west of the village, by the side of the canal, are now a heap of ruins (photo, p. [159]).
Return to Rheims by the same road.
THE ROAD TO RHEIMS AT NEUVILLETTE
