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Friday 17th June. —Left Ludwigshafen 1.45 p.m. train, arrived Weissenburg 
3.41 p.m. Went round battlefield of Weissenburg that afternoon. 
Saturday 18th June. —Biked to Worth by following route:—Weissenburg— 
Rott—Kleeburg— Lobsann — Lampertsloch—Preuschdorf —Mitschdorf—Gors- 
dorf—Liebfrauenthal—Mattstall—Langensulzbach—Nehweiler—Frdschweiler— 
Morsbronn—Worth—Diefenbach—Sulz—back along main road to Weissenburg. 
Distance 45 miles, time about 12 hours. 
Sunday 19th June. —Remainder of my party trained to Strasburg for the day— 
I went to Worth again by bike, route :—Weissenburg—Klimbach — Lembach— 
Liebfrauenthal— W ortli — Froschweiler—Elsasshausen — Froschweiler — Reich- 
sliofen—Eberbach—Gunstett—Surburg—Sulz—Weissenburg. 
Distance 44 miles, time about 11 hours. 
Monday 20tli June. —Left Weissenburg about 1 p.m. and trained to Metz via 
Bitsche and Saargemiind. Made Metz head-quarters till Saturday. It would 
have been better to have gone to Saarbriicken this day and on to Metz Tuesday 
afternoon. 
Tuesday 21st June. —Visited battle-fields of Colombey (14th Aug.) and Noisse- 
ville (31st Aug.) biking via Grigy—Mercy—Ars-Laquenexy—Oh. Aubigny— 
Colombey—Bornv— Belle Croix— la Planchette—- Montoy— Noisseville — Ser- 
vigny—Poix—back to Metz by Fort St. Julien (Manteufiel), getting a good view 
of most of the ground to the South, visited earlier in the day. 
Distance not more than 20-25 miles—going bad in one or two places, where 
paths had to be taken. 
Wednesday 22nd June. —Vionville—Mars-la-Tour. Biked via Moulins-les- 
Metz—Gravelotte—Rezonville—Mars-la-Tour 1 2 —Rezonville—Gorze—Noveant— 
Corny—J ouy-aux-Arches—Metz. 
Thursday 23rd June. —Gravelotte—St. Privat. Biked via Moulins-les-Metz— 
Amanweiler—St. Privat-—Roncourt—St. Privat—St. Marie aux Chenes—St. 
Ail—Habonville 3 —Verneville—Malmaison—Gravelotte—back to Metz. 
Friday 21th June.— Trained to St. Johann (opp. Saarbriicken). Biked via 
Saarbriicken—Ehrenthal—Rotherberg—Spichern—Forbach to St. Avoid and 
trained back to Metz. 
Saturday 25th June. —Trained to Treves—where a very interesting day can 
be spent visiting the Cathedral, Churches, and old Roman remains in excellent 
preservation, such as the palace, Amphitheatre, Porta Nigra, baths, &c. 
Sunday 26th June. —Left Treves about 6.30 p.m., arriving in Cologne at 
midnight. 
Monday 27th June. —The day—up to 6 p.m. (when the train for Flushing 
left) was all too short to see much of the various places of interest. 
Tuesday 28th June. —Arrived Victoria 7.50 a.m. with bicycles none the worse 
for the journey. 
1 At Mars-la-Tour there is a French Customs Station where bikes have to be left; or duty 
(recoverable from Verdun) paid ; we were allowed however to bike out towards Bruville, as 
we were re-crossing the frontier by Mars-la-tour. 
2 St. Ail and Habonville are in France but there is no Customs Station at either place. 
