VIDAIGNE HILL
RUINS OF LOCRE AND ROUGE HILL
Locre was the scene of terrific fighting during the German offensive against the Flanders Hills in 1918. On April 19, 1918, it was taken by the enemy after a daring advance by their Alpine Corps, which had succeeded in reaching Kemmelbeek Valley. On the same day, the soldiers of this picked corps continued their advance as far as the crossing with the Westoutre road, 1 kilomètre to the north of Locre; but here the French dragoons, in an irresistible counter-attack, drove the Germans back and recaptured Locre, leaving only the Hospice, to the south-east of the village, in enemy hands.
LOCRE ROAD AT KEMMEL AND KEMMEL HILL
