3rd day.—SOISSONS—PARIS.
Via Laffaux, Fismes and Château-Thierry.
(To visit Soissons, see the Michelin Illustrated Guide: “Soissons before and during the War.”)
The itineraries of the first two days will have taken the tourist to the extreme points reached by the German advance, and where the victorious Franco-American counter-offensive of July 18 developed along the western side of the Château-Thierry salient.
The itinerary for the third day will first lead the tourist to the Chemin-des-Dames, where the German attack of May 27, 1918, which made the salient, began. The return journey passes through those parts of the battlefield to the north-east of Château-Thierry which marked the pursuit of the Germans by the Americans.