La Capelle

La Capelle is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

The village was of strategic importance, defending the French border against Avesnes-sur-Helpe, which was Spanish.

On 7 November 1918, at the end of World War I, it was at La Capelle that the German plenipotentiaries (headed by Matthias Erzberger), who had come to negotiate the armistice, crossed the front lines and met the commander Bourbon Busset.

Sainte-Grimonie Church of La Capelle A Military bollard on the roadside of Avesnes-sur-Helpe is a Roman road marker.

The Villa Pasques 10, which was the place where the German plenipotentiary made contact with the allies to negotiate the armistice of 1918.