Suippes (French pronunciation: [sɥip]) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

It was part of the so-called la Champagne pouilleuse, a region battered by conflict during World War I.

[3] In the early months of the war, British soldiers were deployed here and were to march to Châlons-sur-Marne to fight the First Battle of the Marne.

In October 1918, the United States also deployed a brigade in the area and was assigned as Fourth French Army reserve.

[4] The commune was pillaged and razed by the Germans in the same way they attacked Heiltz-le-Maurupt, Marfaux, Fromentieres, and Esternay.