[Illustration: ITINERARY FOR THE SECOND DAY] [Illustration: CLERMONT-EN-ARGONNE. RUINS ON THE BAR-LE-DUC ROAD] _From St. Menehould to Clermont-en-Argonne (15 km.) take the same road as the first day (see pp. 31-70)._ _On reaching the Place de la Mairie at Clermont, turn to the left, cross the railway, leave I.C. 60 on the right, and keep straight on. G.C.D. 2 runs straight from Clermont to_ =Neuvilly= (_6 km. 500_). During the trench warfare of 1914 to 1918, this road was often swept by the German artillery. At the beginning of September, 1914, Neuvilly was taken by the enemy, but a fortnight later it was recaptured by the French. [Illustration: NEUVILLY, _seen from behind the_ CHURCH. _At the back_: ARGONNE FOREST] [Illustration: NEUVILLY. RUINS OF ELECTRIC POWER STATION ON RIVER AIRE] Until the end of the war it was in close proximity to the front lines, and was frequently shelled. _Opposite the church of Neuvilly the road joins N. 46, which take to the left._ _3 km. 500 further on_, the original front lines are crossed. =Boureuilles= _lies 1-1/2 km. beyond_. [Illustration: GERMAN PRISONERS TAKEN BY THE 35TH INF. DIV., NEAR BOUREUILLES] The village of Boureuilles-on-the-Aire has completely disappeared. As early as November, 1914, it had been reduced to a mere heap of stones and rubbish. [Illustration: BOUREUILLES. D. CO. OF 111TH ENGINEERS ROAD-MAKING] After being rushed by the French on January 4, 1915, it was retaken by the Germans, who held it until the Franco-American offensive of September 26, 1918. _2 km. 500 beyond Boureuilles the tourist comes to_ =Varennes.= [Illustration: BOUREUILLES. THE 27TH ENGINEERS REPAIRED THIS BRIDGE OVER THE AIRE IN AN HOUR AND A HALF (_N. 46 crosses the bridge._)] [Illustration: VARENNES. MAISON DE PRÉFONTAINE _On June 21, 1791, Louis XVI. and his suite, in their flight from Paris, halted here late at night to enquire the way._] Varennes _Enter the upper town by the Rue des Religieuses (or Rue de l’Hôtel-de-Ville). The first house on the right is the_ Maison de Préfontaine (_photo above_), which is still as it was when, on June 21, 1791, at 11 o’clock at night, Louis XVI. and his suite, in their flight from Paris, knocked at the door to ask their way. _On the other side of the street is the Place du Château, where there are_ some German soldiers’ graves. _The Rue de la Basse-Cour--a continuation of the Rue des Religieuses--crosses the Place du Marché (photo below) in which stands, on the left_, the ruined house of Sauce, the grocer, Procureur of the Commune, in which Louis XVI. passed the night. This house, formerly No. 28, had, until the war, remained much as it was in 1791. [Illustration: VARENNES. PLACE DU MARCHÉ AND RUE DE LA BASSE-COUR, NEAR THE BRIDGE _Ruins of house where Louis XVI. was arrested._] [Illustration: VARENNES. BANKS OF THE AIRE. _N. 46 crosses the bridge._]