At the crossing where Beaurepaire Farm stands, a road branches off on the right towards =Vierzy=, situated rather less than two miles away at the bottom of a small valley. The Americans (2nd Division) had some fierce fighting at Beaurepaire Farm and Vierzy. _If not pressed for time, the tourist should visit Vierzy, returning thence to Beaurepaire Farm and continuing to_ Chaudun (I. C. 30). On the right of the road is Maisonneuve Farm in ruins (photo below). On arriving at =Chaudun=, which was badly damaged, _turn to the left in the village_. On the right of the street leading to the small square is the entrance to the cemetery, from where there is a good view of the ruined church. [Illustration: AMERICAN SOLDIERS AT MAISONNEUVE FARM.] [Illustration: RUINS OF CHAUDUN CHURCH, SEEN FROM THE CEMETERY.] _After visiting the church, return to the above mentioned._ _Turn to the right, and on leaving the village, to the left, in the direction of_ Cravançon Farm, which was completely destroyed. All around, the trees have been stripped of their branches or torn down by shell fire. Several lines of barbed wire entanglements enclose the farm. A little further on is a crossing with N. 2, known as the “=Croix-de-Fer=” (“Iron Cross”). The fighting around here was extremely bitter. At the time of General Mangin’s great offensive, hundreds of tanks attacked the table-land. [Illustration: THE CROSS-ROADS AT CROIX-DE-FER, AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE N. 2 (PARIS-SOISSONS) AND THE CHAUDUN-DOMMIERS ROAD. In the background: Cravançon Farm in ruins.] [Illustration: TANK DAMAGED BY ENEMY SHELL-FIRE NEAR THE CROSS-ROADS AT CROIX-DE-FER. On the right is the N. 2 leading to Soissons.] _Turn to the right into N. 2._ In May, 1919, three wrecked tanks were still to be seen there. _A little further on_ (_rather more than half a mile from the fork_) there is a large American cemetery (photo below). The Americans who fell in the vicinity during the fighting in July were buried there. _Return to the “Croix-de-Fer” and take the road on the right towards Dommiers_, which crosses the table-land attacked by the tanks. [Illustration: AMERICAN CEMETERY ALONGSIDE THE N. 2, ABOUT HALF A MILE FROM THE CROIX-DE-FER CROSS-ROADS TOWARDS SOISSONS. It was from this immense plateau that the Americans set out to attack the German lines on June 18, 1918, with General Mangin’s Army.] [Illustration: DAMAGED TANK NEAR DOMMIERS, SEEN FROM THE BRITISH CEMETERY NEAR DOMMIERS. Dommiers Road in the background where the motor-car is standing.] About half a mile before reaching Dommiers the tourist comes to the British Cemetery, from which the above photograph was taken in April, 1919. The tanks seen in the picture have since been removed.