GRAVES, MAURUPT
Half-way up is to be seen the burial-place reproduced below. Farther along the road other graves are visible on the left, for at this point the 128th Line Regiment put up a splendid resistance against superior German forces.
VIEW OF CHEMINON (looking east)
These attacks on the west, joined to those on the north and east, led as we have seen to the fall of Maurupt.
Return to the village, which is in course of reconstruction, and at the church go straight on, then turn to the right, towards Cheminon, into G. C. 16, which follows the line of telegraph posts.
On arriving in Cheminon (43 km.), turn to the left to descend the principal street, shown in the photo above. Cheminon did not experience the German invasion, and, after the desolation of the villages which we have traversed, this little township gives an impression of repose, with its picturesque houses sloping down towards the old thirteenth-sixteenth century church, which is classed as an historical monument.
We pass under the market (beware of the depression in the ground), then turn to the right towards Trois-Fontaines.
Reaching the fork in the road, go straight on. Pass through Le Fays (47½ km.). 800 yards further on, leaving the road to Saint-Dizier on the right, turn to the left to enter the village of Trois-Fontaines (49 km.). At the end of it the monumental doorway of the old abbey of Trois-Fontaines is visible, as shown in the photograph on next page.