_Seen from the Rue St. Fursy. The 15th Century wooden house on the right, in the foreground, was burnt down. In the background: Church of St. Jean._] There is a fine charcoal drawing of it by Alphonse de Neuville in the Museum. _On the other side of the Grande Place, at the entrance to the Rue St. Jean, stands the =St. Jean Church= (Hist. Mon.)_, in fifteenth century flamboyant style, with three naves terminated by a rectangular apse, to-day in ruins. The Church of St. Jean Of the St. Jean Church only the gaping, crumbling walls of the main front remain. The northern front collapsed entirely. [Illustration: PEDESTAL OF THE STOLEN STATUE OF CATHERINE DE POIX _(see p. 104)_. _On the left: Part of the ruins of the St. Jean Church._] [Illustration: PÉRONNE. THE FAÇADE OF ST. JEAN CHURCH, BEFORE THE WAR.] The sixteenth century square tower, flanked by a round turret _(photo above)_ has vanished. The western portal with its three doors, decorated with fine fifteenth century carvings, was greatly mutilated _(photo below)_. The roof, frame-work, and interior vaulting, which was ornamented with very fine pendentives, collapsed. Some of the pillars fell down, and most of the dislocated arches have gradually crumbled away under the action of the weather. [Illustration: THE FAÇADE OF ST. JEAN CHURCH IN 1919.] The grand organ was greatly damaged; all the pipes were removed and sent to Germany. On the other hand, the seventeenth century, multi-coloured marble reredos of the high and Virgin altars were not severely damaged. [Illustration: PÉRONNE. THE PLACE DU MARCHÉ-AUX-HERBES, AND THE RUE ST. GEORGES. _In the background: One of the towers of the Château (see below.)_] _The Rue Saint-Georges, at the south-west end of the Place, leads to the Château._ The four large sandstone towers with conical roofs, which faced the town, used to form part of the enceinte of Péronne. One of the towers was destroyed; the other three are still standing, although in a greatly damaged condition. The pointed door between the middle towers was mutilated. [Illustration: PÉRONNE. THE FAÇADE OF THE CHÂTEAU AT THE END OF THE WAR.] [Illustration: THE DESTROYED BRIDGE ON THE OLD RAMPARTS. _On the right is the end of the Rue St. Fursy._] The other parts of the castle, posterior to the Middle-Ages, were either burnt or destroyed by explosions. [Illustration: THE OLD RAMPARTS IN THE FAUBOURG DE PARIS. _In the foreground: The destroyed bridge: In the background: The temporary bridge: On the right: The N. 17 going towards Villers-Carbonnel._] _Return to the Place du Marché aux Herbes and take on the right the Rue St. Fursy, which, after crossing the bridges over the old ramparts, leads to the Faubourg de Paris._ [Illustration] _At the end of the Faubourg de Paris, take the road to Biaches (G.C. 1) on the right of N. 17_; then, _100 yards from N. 17, on the left, the G.C. 79, which_ climbs the slopes of a hill dominating the valley.