[Illustration: RUINS OF THE CHURCH OF GUEUX IN 1918] =Gueux= (_See pp. 131-132 and Itinerary, p. 122._) Gueux is a small old-world village, with ancient houses, castle and church. At the entrance to the village, a large square with trees, cut to pieces and devastated by the bombardment. _From the square, go to the_ =Church= _on the right_, now a heap of ruins. Seen through the trees from the square it forms a pitiful sight. In the chapel, on the left of the main entrance, there was a fine piece of Renaissance carving. [Illustration: GUEUX CHURCH IN 1917 _Cardinal Luçon coming out of the Church (see above.)_] It was to Gueux that the Archbishop of Rheims, Mgr. Luçon, betook himself after the bombardments of April, 1917. The village cemetery contains many soldiers' graves. The Cardinal-Archbishop of Rheims presided at a pathetic ceremony held during the War in honour of the dead. [Illustration: THE ANCIENT CASTLE OF GUEUX] _To visit the_ =Castle=, _cross the square and take a small street on the left, which leads to the road to Rosnay (G.C. 27)_. _Turn to the left, and fifty yards further on take on foot the narrow street on the left, which leads to the old castle._ This ancient castle, where the Kings of France, on their way to Rheims to be consecrated, used to dine, suffered severely from the bombardments. Outwardly it has, however, retained its general appearance (_photo above_). _Return to the car, and go straight on to the fork in the roads to Rosnay and Prémecy. Facing the fork is the entrance_ to the park and =modern Castle of Gueux=, belonging to the Roederer family, which was completely destroyed (_photo below_). _Turn the car round at the above-mentioned fork and continue straight along G.C. 27._ _Beyond the village of Gueux_ the road crosses numerous lines of trenches. Many shelters and ammunition depots can still be seen along the road. _The National Road from Rheims to Soissons (N. 31) is reached soon afterwards. Near the cross-ways are the_ ruins of an inn. _At this crossing, leave the National Road on the left and take the narrow road on the right which leads to_ =Thillois=. [Illustration: THE MODERN CASTLE OF GUEUX] [Illustration: CROSSING OF THE THILLOIS AND RHEIMS ROADS] =Thillois= (_See Itinerary, p. 122._) The =Church of Thillois= (late 12th century), now a heap of ruins, stood at the entrance to the village. In 1914 it was still intact in all its vital parts. Its vaulting was pointed, with groining resting on columns, whose capitals were either Romanesque or Gothic. The nave had a timber roof. The high-altar screen was a fine piece of sculptured stone-work of late 16th or early 17th century. In a niche above the altar, the Virgin, sitting on an X-shaped seat, was holding Jesus, clothed in a tunic and standing on her knee.