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Michelin Illustrated Guides To the Battlefields (1914-1918)

Michelin Illustrated Guides To the Battlefields (1914-1918)

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About this eBook

Title
Soissons before and during the war
Original Publication
Clermont-Ferrand: Michelin & Cie, 1919.
Credits
Brian Coe, Brian Wilsden and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
DC: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: France, Andorra, Monaco
Subject
Soissons (France) -- History
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 73323
Release Date
April 2, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.IN MEMORY OF THE MICHELIN WORKMEN AND EMPLOYEES WHO DIED GLORIOUSLY FOR THEIR COUNTRY
  6. 6.SOISSONS
  7. 7.ORIGIN AND CHIEF HISTORICAL EVENTS — DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY — THE GERMAN OCCUPATION IN 1914 — THE GERMAN EVACUATION — FRENCH EFFORTS TO FREE SOISSONS — LIBERATION OF SOISSONS IN 1917 — THE GERMAN OCCUPATION IN 1918 — THE BOMBARDMENTS OF SOISSONS — A thirty-months’ Siege.
  8. 8.ITINERARY IN THE CITY ( pp. 15–51 ).
  9. 9.VISIT TO THE CITY AND ITS SURROUNDINGS
  10. 10.FIRST ITINERARY—VISIT TO THE CITY
  11. 11.THE CATHEDRAL — Principal Façade of the Cathedral. — Interior of the Cathedral. — The Nave before the Bombardments. — The destruction of the Nave and fall of the Pillar. — The fall of the Vaulting. — The Final Ruin. — South Arm of the Transept. — The Choir and Apse. — The North Arm of the Transept. — The art treasures. — Side façades of the Cathedral. — The Exterior of the Cathedral ( Nov. 1918 ).
  12. 12.VISIT TO THE TOWN
  13. 13.CHURCH OF SAINT-LÉGER — The old Church of Saint-Pierre-au-Parvis ( Hist. Mon. )
  14. 14.ABBEY OF SAINT-JEAN-DES-VIGNES ( Hist. Mon. )
  15. 15.The Façade of Saint-Jean-des-Vignes before the War. — The façade of Saint-Jean-des-Vignes after the bombardments. — The Great Cloister of Saint-Jean-des-Vignes. — The Refectory.
  16. 16.FIRST ITINERARY—VISIT TO THE SURROUNDINGS — Place de la Cathédrale.
  17. 17.CONTENTS
  18. 18.Untitled
  19. 19.Untitled
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