_One hundred yards beyond the village, turn to the left, into I.C. 15, which leads to_ =Termes= (_3 km. 500 from Grandpré_). Many of the houses in Termes were destroyed. _Pass in front of_ the church, which has lost the top of its steeple (_photo, p._ 89). In the interior there is an old holy-water basin shaped like a mortar. [Illustration: GRANDPRÉ CHURCH. NAVE AND SOUTH AISLE, SEEN FROM THE CHOIR] [Illustration: SHELL HOLES ON MORT-HOMME HILL _5 km. north of Grandpré._] _Opposite Termes, stands the village of_ =Senuc=, which dominates the junction of the Aire and the Aisne. In 1918 the position of Senuc, strongly fortified by the Germans, was taken by the French troops after a long struggle. [Illustration: TERMES. RUINED CHURCH _I.C. 15 at the corner of Olizy road._] _Keep along I.C. 15, which leads straight to_ =Mouron= (2 _km._ 700). It was between Termes and Mouron that, on October 2, 1792, the Prussian Army, retreating after the Battle of Valmy, recrossed the Aisne on two pontoon-bridges. Goethe, who was standing between the two bridges, watched the disappointed and exhausted troops go by. The King of Prussia and the Duke of Brunswick, with their staff, brought up the rear. “Both,” wrote Goethe, “paused for a moment before crossing the bridge, as if reluctant to abandon the Plains of Champagne, where they had just suffered a humiliating defeat.” Mouron and Vaux guard the entrance to the Grandpré Pass--the easiest pass of the Argonne. In 1792, Dumouriez concentrated the greater part of his army there, leaving practically undefended the passes of Les Islettes, Croix-aux-Bois and Chesne. [Illustration: MOURON. DESTROYED BRIDGE OVER THE AISNE, AND TEMPORARY BRIDGE] In 1918, the Germans clung desperately to these positions, from which the French had to drive them by main force. The Church of Mouron is modern, but contains some interesting 17th century woodwork. _On leaving the village, take the left-hand road, which soon crosses first the Aisne (photo above), then the railway (l.c.), reaching_ =Vaux-lez-Mouron= (_1 km. 200 from Mouron_). _The road runs along the south side of Vaux Church, and after passing the portal, goes straight ahead._ _About 100 yards beyond the church, leave the Challerange road on the right, and continue for another 800 yards, where the I.C. 21 joins up. Turn into the latter on the left._ [Illustration: GERMAN VILLAGE ON THE EDGE OF AUTRY WOOD] 1 _km. 800 further on, after crossing the I.C._, the edge of Autry Wood _will be reached_. _On the right will be seen_ a village built by the Germans (_photo above_). _I.C. 21 now runs through the wood, which was strongly fortified by the Germans from 1914 to 1918._ _On leaving it at the fork in the road, turn to the left; 500 yards further on, at another fork, turn again to the left, reaching_ =Autry= _soon afterwards_ (6 km. 300 _from Vaux_). [Illustration: AUTRY. DESTROYED BRIDGE ACROSS THE AISNE] [Illustration: GERMAN TELEPHONE EXCHANGE