ÉTAVIGNY CHURCH
After furious fighting in the streets, in the castle grounds and in the little woods on the hillsides, the Germans were flung back from Acy to the heights of Étavigny. They returned to the charge, and in their turn drove the French back to the Nogeon Plateau.
The village thus changed hands several times, and this terrible beating backwards and forwards caused great losses on both sides.
Continuing his road to Étavigny, the tourist will go over the position that the Germans established on the plateau.
The infantry and the machine-guns were entrenched along the road itself; the light and heavy artillery were in the hollow on the right. They showered shells on the French positions at Nogeon, and in return received the fire of the batteries placed, as before mentioned, between Fosse-Martin and Bouillancy.
Arriving at Étavigny (18 km.) our attention is at once drawn to the church, which suffered terribly.
ÉTAVIGNY CHURCH