_On reaching the Ourcq (which do not cross), continue straight along G. C. 23, in the direction of the village of_ =Chouy=, _which was practically razed to the ground_. At the Church, _turn to the right_. On leaving Chouy, _continue along G. C. 23 towards_ =Ancienville=, which is off the road, on the left. _Take the road on the left that winds round a small hill_, on which is the church (photo below). [Illustration: CHURCH AND CEMETERY AT ANCIENVILLE.] [Illustration: MAUCREUX CASTLE AFTER THE GERMAN BOMBARDMENTS.] _Return to G. C. 23, and turn to the left._ The woods about here were badly damaged. After crossing the Saviéres, the Castle of Maucreux, built on an eminence, becomes visible on the left. It was struck by a number of shells. On the right of the road are stone quarries and dug-outs. Beyond the Castle and on leaving the woods, _turn to the left at the fork_. Numerous dug-outs are in the sloping sides of the road. After the Cemetery of =Faverolles=, the walls of which are in ruins, the tourist enters the village of that name. Leaving the church behind, on the left, _turn to the right_. =Vouty= is reached shortly afterwards, after skirting the wall of an old farm. [Illustration: FAVEROLLES CHURCH.] [Illustration: INTERIOR OF FAVEROLLES CHURCH.] On the other side of the road are French graves. _Turn to the right into the road seen in the photograph below._ _Skirt the farm, follow G. C. 17, and turn to the left at the first fork. At the next fork, a little further on, keep straight on._ Numerous shell-holes and trenches. From Vouty, there is a fine run down to the village of =Corcy=, of which nothing is left but a heap of ruins. At the bottom of the hill, the Castle and Park are pictures of desolation. The village and church are a little further on, to the left. [Illustration: VOUTY FARM.] [Illustration: THE VILLAGE AND MARSHES OF CORCY, SEEN FROM G. C. 17 BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE CASTLE.] [Illustration: FRENCH GRAVES IN CORCY CASTLE PARK. Behind is the village.] [Illustration: THE REMAINS OF CORCY CASTLE. At the back are seen the marshes and the village.] In front of the Castle, _turn to the left and, after the marshes, to the right, without crossing the railway by the level-crossing, seen in the foreground of the photograph on the next page_. (_The road to be followed is the one, the beginning of which is seen on the left of this photograph._) _Continue along G. C. 17, which follows the railway on the right, cross the latter by the level-crossing_, after which the tourist comes to the completely devastated =Villers-Cotterets Wood=. Numerous deep dug-outs were made in the slopes on the left. A few hundred yards after the level-crossing there is an enormous shell crater, caused by the explosion of an ammunition shelter. On the right of the road flows the Saviéres, on whose banks fierce fighting took place in June-July, 1918. [Illustration: CORCY CHURCH.] [Illustration: CORCY.