Ypres and the Battles of Ypres Part 16

_Follow the road to the badly damaged village of_ =Beaucamps=, where there are numerous concrete shelters in the houses. _At the cross-roads turn to the left._ A wayside-cross, ten yards further on, indicate the road. A short distance further on are the ruins of the Chateau de Flandre, the bas.e.m.e.nt of which, in reinforced concrete, was used as a machine-gun emplacement.

[Ill.u.s.tration: LA Ba.s.seE. RUE D'ESTAIRES IN 1919 (_Compare with photo above._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: LA Ba.s.seE. ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE CHURCH]

The tourist next comes to what was =Radinghem=. _Beyond the ruined church_ (photo, p. 133), _turn to the right past an armoured shelter, which defended the road, pa.s.s under the railway, and at the hamlet of_ =La Vallee=, _beyond a chapel, turn to the right into_ =Ennetieres=.

_The road continues through the ruins of_ =Englos= _and_ =Haubourdin=.

[Ill.u.s.tration: LA Ba.s.seE. CONCRETE OBSERVATION-POST BUILT BY THE GERMANS INSIDE A HOUSE WHICH, LATER, COLLAPSED]

[Ill.u.s.tration: GERMAN CEMETERY ON THE RIGHT OF THE ROAD FROM LA Ba.s.seE TO TOURNES, 100 YDS. FROM ILLIES. (_See Itinerary, p. 108._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: GERMAN FUNEREAL MONUMENT]

Haubourdin suffered comparatively little from the sh.e.l.ls, but like all the other occupied towns of France, it was subjected to exactions, war-levies, deportations and pillage. The German soldiers, when relieved from the Hindenburg line, had their rest-billets there. The church (of no especial interest), the hospital (15th century), and a chapel built in 1347, are still preserved.

_After pa.s.sing through_ =Loos=, _return to_ =Lille=, _entering by the Bethune Gate_.

[Ill.u.s.tration: RADINGHEM IN RUINS]

[Ill.u.s.tration: LILLE. THE EX-KAISER IN THE PLACE CORMONTAIGNE]

_For visiting Lille, see the Michelin Ill.u.s.trated Guide: "Lille Before and During the War."_

[Ill.u.s.tration: LILLE. THE COURTYARD OF THE BOURSE, WITH BRONZE STATUE OF NAPOLEON I. CAST FROM CANNONS CAPTURED AT AUSTERLITZ]

[Ill.u.s.tration: LILLE, AFTER THE BOMBARDMENT OF 1914]

[Ill.u.s.tration: THE COLLAPSE OF A HOUSE ON THE RUE DE PARIS]

[Ill.u.s.tration: LILLE. ENTRY OF THE BRITISH 5TH ARMY ON OCT. 21, 1918]

[Ill.u.s.tration: KEMMEL HILL

Seen from the road to Warneton, at Neuve Eglise._]