ST. BAUSSANT VILLAGE, ON ENTERING
The house on the left was transformed into a concrete Blockhouse. Above the ruined wall: Loop-holes for the machine-guns. In the background: Ruins of old Castle.
St. Baussant is almost entirely in ruins. To the right, on the hill, stood the old château, of which only a few broken walls are left.
This village, being an important road junction, had been strongly fortified by the Germans. It is one of the places where the American tanks performed wonders, taking the position in less than half an hour.
The last house of the village, at the I.C. 13 crossing, on the right, bears the inscription “Café Hocquard.” Here are three large concrete shelters, the walls of which are five feet thick. At the fork in the road is a machine-gun blockhouse in concrete.
