At Brie the road from Amiens crosses the Somme, continuing on to the east for St. Quentin, and turning north to Péronne.
It was here that the trials were made—on the Somme—in September, 1918, of the various appliances used two days later in the audacious crossing of the deep water forming a part of the Hindenburg Line at the St. Quentin Canal, which proved so splendidly successful.
PLATE LXVII.
ON THE AMIENS-ALBERT ROAD.
At a little village (Lahoussoye), beyond Pont Noyelles on the road to Albert, stands, or stood, this dilapidated barn, carrying the scrawl written by some cheerful "Tommy"—"Pessimists shot on sight."
PLATE LXVIII.