THIS map, on a scale of four miles to an inch, shows the battle-front from Peronne to Verdun. There is a gap of about twenty miles to the south of Peronne, but the advance of the Allies will no ...

The royal collection of scale-model cities, begun under Louis XIV, offers a bird's eye view of France's fortifications. Sixteen models from the reserves, some never before shown in public, have ...

Several thousand activists have gathered in south-west France ahead of two large-scale demonstrations against 'méga-bassines', the contentious irrigation project that has led to intense protests ...