In September, 1914, at the beginning of the bombardment of Rheims, many of the people took refuge at Tinqueux. [Illustration: THE MAIN STREET OF TINQUEUX VILLAGE] _At the end of the main street of the village, opposite a kind of observation-post with ladder in a tree, turn to the right. The road passes at the foot of_ =Mont St. Pierre=, whose village and church entirely disappeared in the 17th century. It was to replace the church of Mont St. Pierre that the church of St. Pierre de Tinqueux was built at the end of the 17th century. _The road turns abruptly and nears the Vesle. Turn to the right and cross the river to reach_ =St. Brice=. =St. Brice--Champigny--Merfy= (_Itinerary, p. 134._) _Turn to the right at the entrance to the village and take the first street on the right, which leads to the church._ [Illustration: THE RUINED CHURCH OF CHAMPIGNY] The Church of St. Brice was almost entirely destroyed. In style, it is Romanesque, with Renaissance doorway and aisles. The door of the west front contains interesting carvings--unhappily much mutilated. _Return by the same way to the cross-roads in front of the bridge over the Vesle, turn to the right, then, about 150 yards further on, to the left. Continue straight ahead, cross the railway (l.c.) and follow the railway on the left._ _About half a mile further on an avenue on the right leads to the_ =Château de la Malle=. Both the castle and grounds were badly damaged by the bombardment. Standing in the park with magnificent avenues of beech-trees, the castle is one of the most ancient manors in the vicinity of Rheims. It was rebuilt in one storey at the beginning of the 14th century on the old foundations. The decoration of the interior (Louis XVI.) is interesting. The drawing-room has retained its old wainscoting and paintings. A carved shield bearing the arms of the Cauchon family, a member of which, the Bishop of Beauvais, sided with the English and the Duke of Burgundy against the Dauphin of France and Joan of Arc during the Hundred Years' War, is still to be seen over a door of one of the out-buildings. _Return by the same road to the Vesle. Cross the river and follow it (as per Itinerary, p. 134), to the village of Champigny._ _Cross straight through the village by the main street, at the end of which stands the church in a narrow by-street near the entrance to a park (photo, p. 136)._ The little church of St. Theodule is 12th century, except the wooden belfry, which was modern. The belfry and roof were destroyed. [Illustration: MERFY CASTLE, CONVERTED BY THE GERMANS INTO A BLOCKHOUSE _General Foch had his Headquarters there in 1914._] _On leaving the village, go straight ahead. The road (G.C. 75) follows the railway on the left. Cross the railway (l.c.). The road passes along the marshy valley of the Vesle, then rises towards the_ St. Thierry Heights.