FARGNY MILL, JULY, 1916.
FARGNY MILL DAM AND THE "GENDARME'S HAT."
In 1919 the mill had disappeared.
Behind, the edge of a once wooded ravine, the chalky substratum of which, laid bare by shell-fire, was christened "Gendarme's Hat" by the Poilus, formed the Germans' first line. Further away, in the hollow of the valley, appear the ruins of Curlu village.
The road runs alongside the Somme. At the site of Fargny Mill go round the "Gendarme's Hat"—from which the attack of July 1, 1916, debouched—to reach Curlu.
Curlu had been transformed into a stronghold by the Germans.
THE "GENDARME'S HAT," JULY, 1916.