_One and a half kilometres from Varnéville, G.C.D. 10, crosses G.C.D. 1 bis. Take the latter to the right towards_ Apremont. _800 yards from the fork, after crossing a bridge over the stream, the village of_ _Apremont_ _is reached_. _Immediately after the bridge there is a_ very comfortable shelter of stone, cement and logs _in a garden, behind a house on the right (the least damaged in the village)_. [Illustration: APREMONT _Shelter, on the left before crossing stream, going towards Bouconville._] Apremont is entirely in ruins. Of the church, only a few broken walls remain. _In the Rue de l’Eglise, fifty yards from the church, to the left, near the end of the village_, is a large concrete shelter, on the wall of which a German machine-gun has been carved (_see photo above_). [Illustration: APREMONT _German shelter with drawing of machine-gun on the wall._] Apremont was a very important place during the war. At this point the road from St. Mihiel to Flirey and Pont-à-Mousson crosses the Vigneulles road, along which the tourist has just come, and which, beyond Apremont, goes down to Fort Gironville after skirting Fort Liouville on the right. _G.C.D. 1 bis, turns to the right in the village, then mounts a steep slope towards_ =Brûlé Wood.= [Illustration: END OF APREMONT VILLAGE, GOING TOWARDS ST. MIHIEL _On the right_: a Michelin sign; _in the background_: Hill and Fort of Gironville, Reine Forest and Vignot Wood.] [Illustration: APREMONT _The road to St. Mihiel._] _One kilometre beyond Apremont, in a quarry on the left of the road_, the Germans built a veritable village in concrete and cement, with deep shelters under the rocks. Terraces and flowering plants ornament the houses. The rooms are decorated with carved woodwork and tapestry. The furniture was either taken from the surrounding villages or made in rustic style (_see photo below_). _At the top of this camp, beyond the terrace of the_ Officers’ Mess, a cement staircase leads to a concrete trench which dominates the position in Brûlé Wood. The latter is furrowed with numerous German defence works. [Illustration: ON THE ROAD TO ST. MIHIEL, 1 KM. FROM APREMONT _German village built in the side of the quarries and occupied by the General commanding the sector. Above: Brûlé Wood._] [Illustration: IN THE GERMAN VILLAGE OF BRÛLÉ WOOD _American soldier looking at Insignia of the 28th Engineers._] Brûlé Wood Lying almost on the edge of the Forest of Apremont, Brûlé Wood commanded the cross-roads on which the village of Apremont stands. [Illustration: AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN GERMAN VILLAGE OF BRÛLÉ WOOD]