Take the Rue St. Nicaise to the Boulevard Henry Vasnier (photo below), turn into the latter, on the right, and follow same as far as the Rond-Point St. Nicaise.
All this part of the town, which was quite close to the German lines, was constantly under the fire of their guns. It was violently bombarded during the German offensives of May, June and July, 1918.
Near the Rond-Point de St. Nicaise are the Pommery Cellars, which gave shelter to many citizens and school-classes during the war (see p. [24]).
The Pommery Cellars
These cellars are among the finest in Rheims, and form, with their eleven miles of streets, squares and boulevards lighted by electricity, rail-tracks, waggons, lifts, electric pumps and siphons, quite an underground city. A visit to them will give the tourist an idea of the importance and complexity of the Champagne wine industry in Rheims.
THE "HENRY VASNIER," SEEN FROM THE "ROND-POINT ST. NICAISE"
TRENCHES AND SHELTERS IN THE SQUARE ST. NICAISE
See Itinerary, p. [95], and panorama seen from the top of St. Nicaise Hill, p. [27].