Beyond the cross-roads there is a confused heap of rails and broken trucks in the middle of a piece of shell-torn ground.
At the fork, take the road to the right and enter the ruined village of Langemarck.
The photograph below shows: in the background, a mound formed by the ruins of the church; in the foreground, a tank.
Langemarck, defended by the French in 1914, was evacuated on December 17 of that year. Recaptured, the town was lost again on April 21, 1915, during the German gas attack.
Keep along the road, leaving on the left the ruins of the church, and a little further on the remains of the château (photo, p. 67).
Cross the railway (l. c.) and then go on to Houthulst Forest, captured by the Germans in 1914, and retaken in 1918 (see p. 46). In June, 1919, the roads through the forest were impracticable for motor-cars.
Return to the fork at the entrance to Langemarck, turn to the right, and take the road to Boesinghe, crossing the Hanebeek. The road follows the Ypres-Thourout railway, on both sides of which are numerous redoubts. Cross the ruins of Pilkem, 300 yards beyond, which is a rather large British cemetery.
At the next fork in the road turn to the right and cross the railway (l. c.). On the left is another cemetery. Turn again to the left. Notice in passing a third cemetery, then a few yards further on the ruins of a mill. Cross the canal at the Pont de Boesinghe.
On reaching the crossing of the main road from Dixmude to Ypres, turn to the right. On the left, the remains of Boesinghe Château stand in the middle of a park, the trees of which are cut to pieces.
