(Sept. 1914)
On the left, the toll-house is completely burnt down; in the centre, the Hôtel du Nord and the Restaurant Encausse are in ruins.
The building on the right is the Gendarmerie.
The German prisoners who appear in the picture opposite are leaning against the wall of these barracks.
They were the few soldiers who, remaining in Senlis after the victory of the Ourcq, were captured by Zouaves sent from Paris in motor-cars.
Only a few years ago the Rue de la République was called the Rue Neuve-de-Paris, although it dated from 1753. It was made in order to spare the Court of Louis XV. the circuitous way and steep ascent of the old road, which followed the Rue Vieille-de-Paris and the Rue du Châtel.
ENTRANCE TO THE RUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE AFTER THE FIRE
