THE PÈRE HILARION FOUNTAIN AND HOUSE
Follow the road (leaving on the right a steep uphill road, 150 yards from the fountain) which for 800 yards, down a gentle slope, crosses the part of the wood called the “Mouchoir” and “Croix des Carmes” Sector. This formed the first Franco-German lines.
THE HOUSE OF FATHER HILARION IN PRÊTRE WOOD
The sight is a moving one: destroyed trees, the ground torn up by shells, trenches fallen in and battered shelters.
When the road reaches the crest, look back. The sight is more tragic still. In the distance is seen Mousson Crest, which stands out above the trees of Prêtre Wood and, to the right, on a small hill, 100 yards from the road, the site of the famous “Croix des Carmes.”