_On leaving Vaux Fort return along the same road to the fork (photo, p. 60) and turn to the right. About one kilometer from the fork, on the left, the escarpments of_ =Souville Fort= border the road. _Go to the fort on foot (about 200 yards from the road)._ [Illustration: THE OLD ENTRANCE TO SOUVILLE FORT (Sept. 1916)] =Souville Fort=, which stands as high as that of Douaumont, commands the background of the Douaumont—Vaux line. After taking this line, the enemy, from June 15th to 22nd, undertook the destruction of the fort. On the 23rd the entire CIIIrd German Division attacked, but was repulsed with very heavy losses in front of the French second line trenches. The attack was renewed by two divisions on July 11th and 12th, but failed to reach the moats of the fort. [Illustration: SOUVILLE FORT (_March 1917_).] [Illustration: Heights on left bank Froid-Terre Redoubt Froide-Terre Hill Road to Douaumont Thiaumont Redoubt Road to Douaumont Douaumont Fort Hardaumont Wood Vaux Ravine Hill 349 Chapitre Wood Vaux Fort PANORAMA SEEN FROM THE CROSS-ROADS AT THE CHAPEL OF ST. FINE (_entirely destroyed_).] [Illustration] The “+” on the sketch-map above shows the spot from where the panorama should be viewed. The car in the photo came from Souville Fort, turning to the right towards Vaux Village. _After visiting the village return to the cross-roads and take the road on the right to Douaumont, seen on the left half of the above panorama (p. 66). The bombardments have left no trace of St. Fine Chapel._ IV.—From Souville Fort to Vaux Village and Pond _After visiting Souville Fort return to the cross-ways at St. Fine Chapel, seen in the above photo._ [Illustration: ATTACKING WAVES OF INFANTRY CROSSING FUMIN WOOD (_Oct. 1916_).] It was the ruins of this chapel that the enemy reached on July 12th, 1916, and that the 2nd regiment of Zouaves, at the order of General Mangin, recaptured in order to relieve Souville Fort. _At the cross-roads, take the_ I. C. 12 _on the right to Vaux village. The road dips down into a gorge between the woods of Le Chapitre and Fumin._ =Chapitre and Fumin Woods.=—To the west and east of the road leading to Vaux village, these two woods cover the flanks of the plateau which dominates Vaux Ravine and supports Vaux Fort. It was there that the Germans sought to outflank the fort on the west to reach Souville, but they were held in check during May. From June, 1916, these woods were subjected to bombardments of incredible intensity. A powerful German attack on June 23rd failed, but another on July 12th enabled the Germans to get a footing in Fumin Wood. In August and September frequent enemy attacks gave them temporary local gains. On October 24th and 25th, and again at the end of the month, French counter-attacks captured the enemy strongholds and cleared the woods completely.