(Note for visitors arriving by train.—Leave the station by the Avenue de la Gare, turn to the left into the Avenue de la République, follow the latter as far as the Place Carnot, take the Rue Carnot (on the right of the square), at the end of which is the bridge over the Marne, where the itinerary above mentioned joins up.)
GERMAN VANDALISM. ROOM IN HOUSE AT NO. 26 RUE ST. MARTIN.
VISIT TO BELLEAU WOOD.
It was in the region that the tourist is about to visit that the Americans performed, at heavy cost, one of their most glorious feats of arms. The many graves seen on the way make the journey a veritable pilgrimage.
Leaving Château-Thierry by the Avenue Clemenceau (N. 3), pass under the railway bridge, taking another glance at the completely destroyed hamlet of Courteau on the left. At the top of the stiff rise, leave the main road (which runs to the left), and go straight along G.C. 9 towards Belleau and Torcy. On the left the road skirts the Roches Wood, where many shell-torn trees are lying on the ground. Numerous shell-holes are visible on either side of the road.