General Humbert, commanding the Moroccan Division, established his headquarters in this castle on September 7, Mondement Castle having become uninhabitable. It was from here, when Mondement had been taken by the Germans, that he directed the counter-attacks which drove them from it. The "Castle des Pucelles" is perched on the edge of the plateau dominating almost vertically the immense plain of the Aube. Mondement is only 3½ km. distant. One can easily realise how tragic was the situation during the days of September 8 and 9, 1914, of the troops standing at bay at Broyes, and understand the savage fury with which they attacked Mondement. _Quitting the "Castle des Pucelles," continue straight along_ G. C. 39, _leaving on the left the "Chemin vicinal" leading to Mondement (we shall follow it in the opposite direction on our return)_. _Traverse =Allemant Woods= and the village of that name, through which we pass, leaving the church (9 km.) on the right_. From its steeple in 1814 Napoléon watched the battle which was raging in the plain below. _After the first group of houses comes a fork in the road; the one on the right descends into the plain, that on the left goes towards the marshes of Saint-Gond._ _Before taking the latter, turn to the right on the crest for a few steps in order to contemplate in its entirety the beautiful view reproduced in the_ panoramas on pp. 160 to 163. [Illustration: Allemant Broyes Church-Tower Allemant Church-Tower I. +PANORAMA OF ALLEMANT+ This part of the panorama fits on to the right of panorama II (p. 161).] The plain which stretches at our feet, as far as the eye can reach, right up to the Aube, and of which the panoramas on pages 160 to 163 give a good idea, was the stake in the battle which for five days engaged the army of Foch and those of Von Bulow and Von Hausen. The heights whose crest we have been following since leaving Sézanne assured its control. From there the Germans with their powerful artillery would have been able to destroy the French Corps which had withdrawn to the plain. They would also have been able to manœuvre freely in order to fall on the rear of the army of Espérey on the west, and that of Langle de Cary on the east. The whole plan of the battle of the Marne would have collapsed. The nature of the ground permits us to understand the particular violence of the struggle at this point: the Germans ready to sacrifice everything in order to attain the heights, the French disputing fiercely every inch of the ground. [Illustration: N. 34 between Fère and Sézanne N. 34 between Fère and Sézanne Allemant Péas II. +PANORAMA OF THE PLAIN OF THE AUBE.+