Several days later the American Headquarters which, until then, had been at Souilly, on the road from Verdun to Bar-le-Duc, moved into St. Mihiel. A VISIT TO ST. MIHIEL ITINERARY _Enter the town via the_ Faubourg de Nancy _and the_ Rue Porte-à-Nancy (1). St. Etienne Church (A); Place Ligier Richier (4); Hôtel-de-Ville (H); Rue Porte-à-Metz (6); Promenade des Capucins; Les Sept-Roches. _Cross the Meuse by the_ temporary bridge (14), Chauvoncourt, _and_ Paroches Fort. _Return to St. Mihiel by the temporary bridge._ Place des Halles (17); Place du Collège (20); Church of St. Michel (B); _and_ Hôtel de la Division. _Leave St. Mihiel by the Commercy road._ [Illustration: THE STREETS TO BE FOLLOWED ARE SHOWN BY THICK BLACK LINES =Plan of St. Mihiel= _Arbitrary Signs_ A.—St. Etienne Church. B.—St. Michel Church. C.—Cavalry Barracks. CC.—Chauvoncourt Barracks. CS.—Sénarmont Barracks. H.—Hôtel-de-Ville. J.—Palais-de-Justice. O.—Octrois. 1.—Rue Porte-à-Nancy. 2.—Rue Grande. 3.—Rue de l’Eglise. 4.—Place Ligier Richier. 5.—Rue de la Vaux. 6.—Rue Porte-à-Metz. 7.—Rue Carnot. 8.—Rue du Général Blaise. 9.—Rue Haute des Fossés. 10.—Rue des Annonciades. 11.—Avenue des Roches. 12.—Place du Marché. 13.—Place du Manège. 14.—Temporary Bridge. 15.—Destroyed Bridge. 16.—Rue du Saulcy. 17.—Place des Halles. 18.—Rue du Pont. 19.—Rue Notre-Dame. 20.—Place du Collège. 21.—Place aux Moines. ] [Illustration: THE “SEPULCHRE,” _by Ligier Richier_, IN ST. ETIENNE’S CHURCH] Starting point: The Church of St. Etienne. The Church of St. Etienne, often called the “Eglise du Bourg,” contains several remarkable Renaissance sculptures, chief among which are a =bas-relief= in St. Joseph’s Chapel (_photo, p. 58_), a large =reredos= behind the high altar (_photo, p. 58_), and above all, in the central bay of the south aisle, behind a railing (_photo, p. 57_) in a sort of grotto or crypt, the _chef-d’oeuvre_ of Ligier Richier, commonly known by the incorrect title of the “=Sepulchre of St. Mihiel.=” The “Sepulchre,” by Ligier Richier This comprises a group of thirteen figures, rather more than life size, executed between 1554 and 1564, and placed after Richier’s death in the church, where it stands to-day (_photo above_). The figures are arranged as follows: _on the left_, Salome lays in the coffin, the shroud which is to enwrap Christ, while two disciples, Joseph and Nicodemus, carrying the body of their Divine Master, stand in the foreground. Nicodemus carries the body by the shoulders, while the unsupported head rests against his arm. Joseph of Arimathæa, one knee on the ground, supports the legs of Our Lord. Near him Mary Magdalene helps to carry the feet, which she touches with her lips. In the background the Virgin, leaning on St. John, and Mary, the wife of Cleophas, turn a last look on Christ. Between Mary, the wife of Cleophas, and Salome, stands an angel bearing the Cross—an unfounded tradition says that this is a portrait of the artist.