Although the nave and aisles of ST. HILAIRE CHURCH are modern, the façade, arched doorway and choir date from the Norman period (11th or 12th century). The doorway is ornamented with an archivolt formed by raftered and counter-raftered _tori_ with a tympanum of diamond-moulding. One of the cornices of the choir is supported by Norman arcading with figured modillions. Inside the church are a stoup and a 7-branched chandelier (both made out of a single piece of wrought-iron), and a 17th century painting above the high altar depicting: _The Crowning of the Virgin_. The bronze bell (761) was saved. _Keep along G.C. 142_ to =Bienville=, situated to the west of a long hill--the Ganelon--which stretches from the south-east to the north-west, and whose south-western side is sharply indented. From the top of this hill (altitude: 480 feet) consisting of a plateau which dips slightly down towards the Oise, there is a fine view over the whole of the surrounding country: Laigue Forest, Aisne Valley, Compiègne Forest, Oise Valley as far as Verberie, and the hills of Liancourt, between Creil and Clermont. At the north-western end of Ganelon Hill, many Roman medals and antiquities have been discovered, and it is believed that a Roman camp formerly occupied this site. Tradition has it that a fortified castle stood there in the Middle-Ages. [Illustration] _C.G. 142 first skirts, then crosses the railway (l. c.), afterwards joining N. 32, at which point turn to right._ =Compiègne= _is entered by the Avenue de Clairoix and Rue de Noyon. At the end of the latter, take Rue d'Amiens on the left, cross the Oise, and follow Rue de Solférino which leads to Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville._ [Illustration: THE FRENCH G.H.Q. AT COMPIÈGNE, IN 1917. GENERAL PÉTAIN MAKING HIS REPORT IN A ROOM OF THE CHATEAU. _To visit Compiègne, use the Michelin Guide_: Compiègne, before and during the War.] [Illustration: COMPIÈGNE.--FIRE AT THE CORNER OF RUE DES TROIS-BARBEAUX AND PLACE DU MARCHÉ AUX HERBES. _Extracted from the Michelin Guide_: Compiègne before and during the War.] ALPHABETICAL INDEX of the places mentioned in this Guide. A Ailly-sur-Noye, 78, 79 Aquenne Wood, 59, 65 Arrière-Cour Wood, 75, 76 Assainvillers, 94-97, 107 B Bains (Château), 109 Beaucourt, 66, 68, 69 Bellinglise (Château), 123 Belloy, 116, 117, 118 Bienville, 126 Boulogne-la-Grasse, 110-112 Boves, 62 C Cachy, 58, 59, 62, 64 Caix, 66, 69, 70 Canny-sur-Matz, 111, 112 Cantigny, 86, 87 Conchy-les Pots, 111, 113 Coudun, 125 Cuvilly, 115, 116 D Demuin, 64, 65, 66 Domart, 65, 66 E Élincourt-Ste-Marg., 122, 125 Erches, 93 Etelfay, 93 F Folleville, 79, 80, 81 Fontaine-sous-Montdidier, 87, 94 G Genlis Wood, 116, 117 Gentelles, 58, 62, 65 Grivesnes, 82-86 Grivillers, 92 Guillaucourt, 66 H Hangard, 64-68 L La Neuville-Sire-Bernard, 96, 97 Lataule, 116, 117 L'Echelle St-Aurin, 93