The King of Prussia and the Duke of Brunswick, with their staff, brought up the rear. “Both,” wrote Goethe, “paused for a moment before crossing the bridge, as if reluctant to abandon the Plains of Champagne, where they had just suffered a humiliating defeat.”
Mouron and Vaux guard the entrance to the Grandpré Pass—the easiest pass of the Argonne.
In 1792, Dumouriez concentrated the greater part of his army there, leaving practically undefended the passes of Les Islettes, Croix-aux-Bois and Chesne.
MOURON. DESTROYED BRIDGE OVER THE AISNE, AND TEMPORARY BRIDGE
In 1918, the Germans clung desperately to these positions, from which the French had to drive them by main force.
The Church of Mouron is modern, but contains some interesting 17th century woodwork.