Continue along N. 44 to the destroyed Espérance Farm (about 2 kilometres distant), then turn to the right. Numerous military works were made by the French in the embankments of the Aisne-Marne canal along the left side of the road.
The road rises towards the "Mountain of Rheims." A white tower, dominating the whole plain, is seen on the left (photo below).
Verzenay is next reached by the Rue de Sillery.
VERZENAY, SEEN FROM THE VERZENAY—MAILLY—CHAMPAGNE ROAD
THE OLD MILL AT VERZENAY
It was at Verzenay that, on the evening of September 3, 1914, the German aeroplane, which had dropped bombs on Rheims the same morning, was brought down. It has suffered relatively little from the bombardments.
To visit the church, which contains the tomb of Saint-Basle (chapel on the right), take the Rue Gambetta, then the Rue Thiers.