ALL THAT REMAINED OF MONT-NOTRE-DAME CHURCH IN 1918.
Compare with photo below, taking as a guide the two trees.
Continue along the road, turn to the left, cross the railway (level-crossing), then the river; take the first road on the right (I. C. 33) towards Mont-Notre-Dame, and follow the valley of the Vesle.
This river, which rises in the Department of the Marne, flows from east to west, entering the Department of the Aisne to the north of Bazoches. According to tradition it owes its existence and name to a Queen of the Belgians.
Pass under, then over the railway, and enter the village of Mont-Notre-Dame.
The village is very ancient, and was no doubt first built on the top of the plateau, at the foot of which it now stands. From 589 to 985 A.D. six Councils of Prelates were held there, and in the 11th century two Synods.
