[Illustration: MARKET-DAY IN THE GRAND’ PLACE AT FÈRE.] _Return to and cross through_ Fère, _leaving the market-place on the right_. _Return, by the road previously taken, to the fork at_ Coulonges, _and take G. C. 14 on the right to_ =Chamery=. This village was reconquered by the Americans on July 31, 1918, in spite of the enemy’s strenuous efforts to keep it. _At the entrance to Chamery, where the road turns to the right, follow on foot the path leading to the_ =grave of Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt=, which is about 300 yards further on. _After Chamery, turn to the left, towards_ Cierges. On the left of the road is =Reddy Farm=, which was taken by the Americans on August 1, 1918, after sharp fighting. The tableland on the right was used as an aviation camp. [Illustration: LIEUTENANT QUENTIN ROOSEVELT’S GRAVE AT CHAMERY (_see above_).] [Illustration: RUINED CHURCH AT CIERGES.] =Cierges= is reached soon afterwards. This village is extremely ancient, many Gaulish and Gallo-Roman objects having been unearthed there. It was captured by the Americans (32nd Division) on July 31, as well as Sergy, which the 42nd Division lost and retook three times. _Take the road to the right, to_ =Courmont=, _crossing the Ourcq River_. There are some American graves _at the fork before entering Courmont_. _In front of the ruined church, turn to the left._ _Before leaving the village, turn again to the left, then at the fork, 500 yards beyond the village, take the road on the right to_ Charmel. The road passes through a wood, cut to pieces by the shells. German artillery was installed there. At the other side is the road which leads to the =Castle of Charmel=, about 300 yards distant. The castle, which is magnificently situated, overlooks (_to the North_) the vast plain which spreads out between the extreme points of the Forests of Fère and Ris and (_to the South_) the valley of the Marne. [Illustration: THIS WAS THE VILLAGE CHURCH AT COURMONT.] [Illustration: CHARMEL CASTLE.] It was to this castle that, before dying, the Bishop of Metz, _Pierre Bédacier_, summoned _Bossuet_ (future Bishop of Meaux), and gave up in favour of the latter, the Priory of Gassicourt-les-Mantes, in the Diocese of Chartres, of which he was the Senior Prior. Bossuet had considerable difficulty in getting the transfer ratified and was accused of having acted fraudulently by those who disputed his claims. The cemetery is near by. At the entrance to the village is one of the familiar Michelin “Merci” signs (_to be found in most localities in France_) which indicate the name of the village and the number of the road. [Illustration: BARRICADE AT THE ENTRANCE TO CHARMEL VILLAGE.] [Illustration: THE GRAND’ PLACE AT JAULGONNE.] Placed at both ends of the villages on the great touring routes, these signs, in addition to the information above mentioned, bear the request “_Mind the Children_,” on one side, and “Merci” (_Thanks_) on the other.