_On the right: G.C. 19, leading to Consenvoye._] [Illustration: DESTROYED GERMAN GUNS ON _G.C._ 19, BETWEEN GERCOURT AND CONSENVOYE] _The road turns to the right near the church. After leaving the village, it passes 500 yards to the left of_ Forges Wood, in which German batteries were posted. Large calibre guns destroyed by French artillery are still to be seen on the road, 1 km. _from Gercourt_ (_photo above_). _On rejoining the road from Dannevoux (I.C. 23) turn to the right and follow the railway as far as_ =Consenvoye= (_1 km. 800 from Gercourt_), _which is reached after crossing the Meuse and the canal_. Consenvoye, on the left bank of the Meuse, was connected with the right bank by a fine bridge, which the French blew up after the retreat from Charleroi. After the victory of the Marne, all efforts to dislodge the Germans from the village were unavailing, and until the German offensive of February 21, 1916, Consenvoye marked the limit of the advance on both sides. It was over this bridge that supplies were brought up for the sector on the left bank of the Meuse during the 1916 offensive. The village was retaken in the course of a brilliant combined action by the French and Americans during the offensive of October 7, 1918. [Illustration: SIVRY-SUR-MEUSE _The Church and N. 64._] [Illustration: AMERICAN MONUMENT COMMEMORATING THE CROSSING OF THE MEUSE ON NOV. 1, 1918 (_On I.C. 49, 3 km. from Vilosnes._)] Consenvoye suffered less than the other villages previously mentioned. Around the church, which was not severely damaged, are some soldiers’ graves. _Keep along past the church as far as N. 64, into which turn to the left. Follow the valley of the Meuse to_ =Sivry= (_4 km. from Consenvoye_). _N. 64 crosses the_ partly destroyed village, _then runs alongside the canal and the Meuse to a fork in the road, 2 km. 500 from Sivry_. _Here leave N. 64_ [Illustration: BRIEULLES-SUR-BAR, NOV. 4, 1918 _117th American Engineers_ (_42nd Inf. Div._) _Arrival of the Field Kitchen._] _and take the Vilosnes road on the left, which continues alongside the Meuse. Part of_ =Vilosnes= (_3 km. 500 from Sivry_) was destroyed, but the church, _which stands on a height_, was not seriously damaged. [Illustration: PANORAMIC VIEW OF DUN-SUR-MEUSE (LOWER TOWN) AND THE DOULCON--CLÉRY-LE-PETIT DISTRICT, AS SEEN FROM THE TERRACE OF THE CHURCH IN THE UPPER TOWN] _Near the church, take the road on the left across the canal and the Meuse, then beyond the level-crossing at Vilosnes Station turn into I.C. 49 on the right. Follow the railway, which is on the left bank of the Meuse._ _Three kilometres from Vilosnes Station, on the right, between the road and Châillon Wood, there is_ an American monument commemorating the crossing of the Meuse on November 1, 1918 (_photo, p. 39_). _Further on, at the entry to_ =Brieulles=, _opposite the station, stands_ another similar monument.