Leave Verdun by the porte Chaussée, cross the Meuse, and the fortified enclosure and turn left along the Rue d'Étain (N. 18).
This takes one up the Faubourg Pavé used by relief troops holding the Vaux and Douaumont sectors.
The bombardment of this suburb was incessant until after Verdun was completely cleared in December 1916.
On the left, the tricolor floats over a military cemetery containing over 6,000 graves. This is the Faubourg Pavé cemetery.
Leaving Verdun by the Porte Chaussée.
The Faubourg Pavé Military Cemetery.—On the horizon the Hills of Belleville.