This little village served as a cantonment during the war, and was also a revictualling centre. _Take the road to the right in the village, returning to Sainte-Menehould, via Florent (9 km)._ _Before entering Sainte-Menehould, the road passes by_ a large French military cemetery containing 9,000 graves. [Illustration: SAINTE-MENEHOULD. GREAT FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, _with monument to the defenders of the Argonne_ (_10th and 18th C._)] CONTENTS PAGE FOREWORD 5 THE ARGONNE, 1792-1870--HISTORICAL 6 THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918 8 THE OPERATIONS OF 1918 13 THE FRANCO-AMERICAN OFFENSIVE OF SEPTEMBER 26, 1918 19 ITINERARY THE FIRST DAY 31 The Second Day 70 [Illustration: FRENCH MINE-THROWER ABOUT TO BE FIRED] [Illustration: THE AMERICANS IN THE GREAT WAR VOL. I MICHELIN ILLUSTRATED GUIDES TO THE BATTLEFIELDS (1914-1918) THE AMERICANS IN THE GREAT WAR VOLUME I. THE SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARNE (CHÂTEAU THIERRY. SOISSONS. FISMES) _A PANORAMIC HISTORY AND GUIDE_ _Price_ =$1= MICHELIN & Cie., CLERMONT-FERRAND MICHELIN TYRE Co. Ltd., 81 Fulham Road. LONDON. S. W. MICHELIN TYRE Co., MILLTOWN, N. J. U. S. A.] [Illustration: THE AMERICANS IN THE GREAT WAR VOL. II MICHELIN ILLUSTRATED GUIDES TO THE BATTLEFIELDS (1914-1918) THE AMERICANS IN THE GREAT WAR VOLUME II. THE SECOND BATTLE OF SAINT MIHIEL (ST MIHIEL. PONT-à-MOUSSON. METZ) _A PANORAMIC HISTORY AND GUIDE_ _Price_ =$1= MICHELIN & Cie., CLERMONT-FERRAND MICHELIN TYRE Co. Ltd., 81 Fulham Road. LONDON. S. W. MICHELIN TYRE Co., MILLTOWN, N. J. U. S. A.] PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY ESSEX PRESS, INC., NEWARK, N. J. BEAUTIFUL FRANCE _Paris and its Environs_ _PARIS_--home of grandeur, elegance, and wit--plays a part in France probably unequalled in any other country, and may be considered, in many respects, as the chief city of Europe, and one of the greatest in the world. Above all, it possesses eminently national qualities which ten centuries of refinement and taste have handed down to contemporary France. It is impossible, in a few lines, to paint the exceptional charms of Paris which the whole world admires.