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HOTELS:
a Hôtel de la Croix d’Or
b Hôtel du Lion Rouge
:::::::::: Streets and roads impracticable for motor-cars.
ITINERARY IN THE CITY (pp. [15–51]).
Starting from the Cathedral follow the streets indicated, by continuous
lines, in the direction of the arrows.
The numbers indicate the pages where the corresponding photographs
will be found.
SOISSONS IN 1914, seen from the Northern Tower of Saint-Jean-des-Vignes Abbey.
The German bombardments made countless ruins throughout the town. Everywhere one sees shattered walls, hanging roofs, and heaps of rubbish and stones that once were houses.
The ruins are gradually being cleared away, to make room for the new life which is springing up, but signs of the destruction will long remain.