VIEW OF CHEMINON (looking west)
ENTRANCE TO THE OLD ABBEY
The Germans did not get as far as Trois-Fontaines, but fighting took place to the north and to the north-east, in the forest.
This region, where the Fourth and Third French Armies linked up, was particularly important. At Trois Fontaines, the Germans would have been 9 km. from Saint-Dizier, from whence they would have been able to outflank the whole of the Army of Langle de Cary. The Second Corps' admirable resistance, and the aid given by the flank attack of the Fifteenth Corps of Sarrail's Army, brought about the German defeat.
The abbey is at the present time the property of the Count of Fontenoy. After asking permission to visit, cross the court to the left, in order to view the ruins of the church which are still standing in the corner of the park.
The photos on pp. [231], 232 and 233 depict the interior and the exterior.
