The village is located on Souilly the Sacred Way, Hairy road that the Great War for the front of Verdun. It is from this locality that the generals leading the battle of Verdun, locating their headquarters in an office building, now classified, the Town Hall, a great activity prevailed during the first world war: a train station, hospital , an airstrip, a prisoner of war camp was established.
Motte has Souilly Castrale listed as historical monuments.