THE "BUTTE-DE-TIR" SECTOR
Listening-post in front of Cernay village.
COMMUNICATING TRENCH AT JOUISSANCE FARM (1915)
The road crosses the Châlons Railway (l.c.), and goes thence direct to the Fort of La Pompelle, passing through an inextricable network of trenches and barbed wire entanglements. The country hereabouts was completely ravaged by the terrific bombardments, and recalls the devastated regions around Verdun, near Vaux and Douaumont (see the Michelin Illustrated Guide: Verdun, and the Battles for its Possession).
La Jouissance Farm is next passed. Nothing remains either of it or of the road, which started from this point towards Cernay, on the left.
LA POMPELLE FORT (1918)
