_I.C. 13, which continues alongside the Rupt-de-Mad as far as the Moselle, is next reached_. This road is extremely picturesque. [Illustration: AMERICAN CEMETERY AT THIAUCOURT, AT THE SIDE OF D. 15, HALF A MILE FROM THE VILLAGE] _Leaving Villecey-sur-Mad, slightly damaged, on the right, go towards_ =Onville.= _Three hundred yards this side of the village, to the left of I.C. 13, is_ a large German cemetery. The village, on which a few shells fell, contains a fine church. =Vandelainville=, _which is the continuation of Onville_, contains several houses damaged by the bombardments. _Passing through the villages of_ =Bayonville= _and_ =Arnaville=, _N. 52 bis, which runs along the left bank of the Moselle, and which take to the right in the direction of_ =Pagny-sur-Moselle.= This village, also called Pagny-sous-Prény, from the name of the hamlet and château which dominates the surrounding country, was for forty-eight years the Custom House, being the last French railway station before the frontier. =Prény Château=, the ruins of which are visible from here, was one of the most famous castles of the Middle Ages. Built by the Dukes of Lorraine, it was dismantled by Richelieu. It formed a square flanked by high, strong towers connected with one another by walls and subterranean passages hollowed out of the rock. At one end there was a second building, also surrounded by moats and flanked by towers, in one of which was the famous “_Mande-Guerre_” bell. The keep with the chapel and living-rooms stood there. Pagny suffered severely, most of the houses being in ruins. _The road turns to the left into the valley, then to the right beyond the church, which is left on the right._ _Just outside Pagny-sur-Moselle_ the Germans built a concrete barrier across the road to stop the tanks. _About 500 yards from Pagny, near the bridge over Mouton stream, is a_ machine-gun blockhouse in concrete _on the right_. _N. 52 bis next passes through_ =Vandières=, which was burnt down by the Germans during their retreat of September 16. All the houses along the road, especially those on the left, are in ruins. _Five kilometres further on, after crossing the railway_, =Pont-à-Mousson= _is entered by the Rue du Port, Place Colombe and Rue St. Laurent; the latter brings the tourist to the Grand Place or Place Duroc_. [Illustration: VILLAGE OF PAGNY-SUR-MOSELLE, NEAR THE CHURCH] [Illustration: PONT-À-MOUSSON. THE BANKS OF THE MOSELLE] PONT-À-MOUSSON Origin and Chief Historical Events Pont-à-Mousson is an old town, in whose archives are found deeds dating back to 896 and 905. At that time it was called “_Villa Pontus sub castro Montionis_” (The Town of the Bridge under the Castle of Monçon).