Tags: Military Structure.
The Fort des Ayvelles also known as the Fort Dubois-Crancé is a fortification near the French communes of Villers-Semeuse and Les Ayvelles in the Ardennes just to the south of Charleville-Mézières. As part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications the fort was planned as part of a new ring of forts replacing the older citadel of Mézières with dispersed fortifications.
