The N. 31 road which the tourist has just left runs at the foot of the hill.
BAZOCHES CHÂTEAU IN 1914.
Situated on the railway from Soissons to Rheims, and connected by branch lines with the railway from Paris to Châlons, via Château-Thierry and Epernay, and the lines radiating from Villers-Cotterets towards Paris, the important position of Bazoches was hotly disputed during the fighting from May to August, 1918.
The Americans co-operated actively in its re-capture in August, 1918. On August 7 they crossed the Vesle to the east of the town, under particularly difficult conditions. The river and its banks literally bristled with wire entanglements, and were swept by deadly machine-gun and artillery fire, but the Americans got across nevertheless.
The itinerary passes in front of the Church of St. Peter (12th and 13th centuries).