On leaving the Hôtel de Ville, take, to the left of the Place d'Armes, the Rue Fabert (see, on left, [the statue of the Virgin]), then the Rue des Clercs which is a continuation of it. Coming to the bottom of the Rue des Clercs, on the left is the Place de la République, and on the right the Esplanade.
The magnificent space of the Esplanade was used as a parade ground for the garrison troops.
On the Esplanade, a pretty group at the foot of the Statue of Marshal Ney.
(Cliché Prillot, Metz.)
William I knocked off his pedestal by the people of Metz and replaced by the statue of the "Poilu".
Ney, Duc d'Elchingen, prince of the Moskwa, was born at Sarrelouis. He is depicted with his rifle in his hand, ready to fire (Photo p. 181).