MILITARY CEMETERY AT THE EXIT OF THE FAUBOURG PAVÉ.
THE INTERIOR OF TAVANNES FORT
At the side of the Municipal Cemetery (on the left) is a Military Cemetery containing more than 5,000 graves ([photo, p. 58]).
Follow N. 18 for about six kilometers, then turn to the left into the road leading to Tavannes Fort, situated about a kilometer from the main road.
Tavannes Fort dominates the ground behind the Vaux-Souville line and the Etain-Verdun road. The Germans, in their effort to reach Souville, sought by frequent bombardments to destroy the fort which resisted stubbornly, but on May 7th a 17-inch shell destroyed one of the arches and caused serious damage.
THE SOUTHERN MOAT OF TAVANNES FORT
Near the fort, on the Verdun-Etain railway, is the long Tavannes Tunnel.