_About half-a-mile from Les Mesneux and shortly before reaching the crossing with the road to Rheims (G. C. 6)_, there is a small wood at the place called =Le Champ Clairon=. It was from here that German batteries under Colonel von Roeder fired on Rheims on September 4, 1914, in spite of the protestations of the Mayor of Les Mesneux, who assured the German commander that the French troops had completely evacuated the town. _At the crossing with G. C. 6, keep straight on to Ormes_, whose church, at the entrance to the village, was almost entirely destroyed. =Ormes= (_See Itinerary, p. 122._) This village, in addition to numerous subterranean passages and chambers, possesses the interesting 12th century =Church St. Remi= (_photo below_). Its circular apse with cornice resting on corbels is barrel-vaulted. Colonnettes in the great bays of the steeple (in ruins) carry carved 12th century capitals. The pointed vaulting of the southern transept is 12th century, and the ogival groining rests on Norman capitals. The doorway of the western façade dates from the second half of the 12th century, and although its porch was destroyed in 1853 it is still remarkable. [Illustration: THE CHURCH OF ORMES] [Illustration: THE INSIDE OF ORMES CHURCH] It comprises three tierce-pointed arcades surmounted by a line of billet-moulding. The lateral arcades are blind, while the higher central arcading around the door is surmounted with three receding _tori_ resting on crocketed foliate capitals. The lateral arcades have similar capitals but only one _torus_. Inside the church are interesting =16th century statues=: _St. Barbara_ in stone and _St. Catharine_, painted and decorated, face the altar; _St. Remi_ in stone, remarkable for its costume and decoration, stands above the altar of the northern chapel; a wooden _Virgin_ surmounts the inner doorway. [Illustration: ALTAR-SCREEN OF THE CHOIR] [Illustration: THE ROAD FROM RHEIMS TO JOUY, NEAR THE LATTER VILLAGE _Note the camouflaging._] _Return by the same road to the crossing with the road to Rheims (G. C. 6), where, opposite the_ =Café du Joyeux Laboureur=, _turn to the right._ The road rises towards the Mountain of Rheims. Of the _camouflaging_ seen in above photograph, only traces remain. _Shortly after, the tourist passes between the villages of_ =Jouy= _and_ =Pargny=, _whose houses border the road._ Jouy (_on the left_) and Pargny (_on the right_) were bombarded by the Germans in June, 1915. The =Church of Jouy=, visible from the road to Rheims, was almost entirely destroyed. _To visit the church of Pargny, turn to the right opposite the grocery stores, No. 262, then take the second street on the left_ (near a fine mansion partly in ruins). _About 100 yards farther on is_ the church, the belfry of which was destroyed. _Return to the crossing with the main road to Rheims, where turn to the right._