The Miracle of The Marne: Battlefields of The Marne 1914-1918

The battlefields of the Marne saw some of the biggest battles of 1914 but remained on the front line for all four years of the war. Join us on this new tour as we look at the role of British, French, German and in the final year of the war men of the American Expeditionary Force. We also visit the important WW1 Museum at Meaux and see where the Armistice was signed in November 1918.

Tour Includes

3 nights' accommodation with continental breakfast
Specialist Battlefield Guide
Battlefield visits as described
Please note entrance fees to museums and places of interest are at extra cost
Convenient local joining points
Travel by executive coach or upgrade to Silver Service

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Local departure by coach, then to Compiegne, north of Paris, for a three-night stay.

We begin at the Musee de la Grande Guerre at Meaux; a massive new museum about the First World War and the fighting on the Marne. We have the whole morning here to do justice to this superb collection of material. After lunch in Meaux, we travel up the Marne valley and look at the role of the British Expeditionary Force on the Marne in 1914, seeing the La Ferte Sous Jouarre Memorial, the Royal Engineers memorial and British graves at Montreuil. At Chateau- Thierry we look at the role of American troops here in 1918 seeing the impressive US Memorial and at Belleau Wood we see where the US Marine Corps fought, seeing their memorial and also the impressive American War Cemetery.

Includes Breakfast

Today we look at the fighting near Compiegne during WW1 and then visit the Armistice Carriage Museum in the Compiegne Forest. Here the Armistice was signed and a generation later Hitler inflicted humiliation on a defeated France. We then visit the Guards’ grave at Villers-Cotterets where British Guardsmen fought during the Retreat From Mons. After lunch in Soissons we visit the Soissons Memorial, which commemorates British soldiers who died on the Marne in 1918. We then visit a mixed British and German cemetery from the 1918 battles, and finish at the impressive Phantoms Memorial. These giant figures designed by Paul Landowski look out across the fields of conflict of the valley of the Marne: a fitting place to end the tour.

Includes Breakfast

Return home.

Includes Breakfast

Prices are per person, based on two sharing.

Extras: optional excursions; entrance fees to museums and places of interest; single room supplement £85; travel insurance from £35.50.

Accommodation

You will stay for three nights at the 3-star Ibis Styles Compiegne. The hotel has a breakfast room and is situated only a short drive from the centre of town.