DESTROYED GERMAN GUNS ON G.C. 19, BETWEEN GERCOURT AND CONSENVOYE
The road turns to the right near the church. After leaving the village, it passes 500 yards to the left of Forges Wood, in which German batteries were posted. Large calibre guns destroyed by French artillery are still to be seen on the road, 1 km. from Gercourt (photo above).
On rejoining the road from Dannevoux (I.C. 23) turn to the right and follow the railway as far as Consenvoye (1 km. 800 from Gercourt), which is reached after crossing the Meuse and the canal.
Consenvoye, on the left bank of the Meuse, was connected with the right bank by a fine bridge, which the French blew up after the retreat from Charleroi. After the victory of the Marne, all efforts to dislodge the Germans from the village were unavailing, and until the German offensive of February 21, 1916, Consenvoye marked the limit of the advance on both sides. It was over this bridge that supplies were brought up for the sector on the left bank of the Meuse during the 1916 offensive. The village was retaken in the course of a brilliant combined action by the French and Americans during the offensive of October 7, 1918.